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In memory of:

Corporal Gérard Bruyère

Military service

Service number: D/62818
Age: 23
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Birth: March 21, 1921 Montreal, Québec
Enlistment: July 8, 1940 Montreal, Québec
Death: July 26, 1944 In the field, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 22.
Additional information

Son of Arthur and Cecile (Vincent) Bruyère, of St. Lazare de Vaudreuil, Quebec. Brother of Roger, Jean-Guy, Jacques, Yvon, André, Jacqueline and Denise.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)

Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.

BAYEUX MEMORIAL Calvados, France

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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