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Military service
Service number:
57396
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 19, 1914
Spokane
Enlistment:
June 24, 1940
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
July 1, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 9.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Theresa Potts, of Victoria, British Columbia. Pte Potts was killed when a fuse he was preparing for a minefield exploded in his hands on July 1. Potts was born in Spokane, Wash., on Oct. 19, 1914, and educated at St. Louis College, Victoria, British Columbia. He joined the Canadian Scottish in July 1940 and went overseas late the same year. Before enlisting he was employed by the Manning Lumber Company.
Digital gallery of Private Cecil Lawrence Potts
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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