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Military service
Service number:
H/19164
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
June 10, 1914
Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 6, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 30, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of John and Hilda Forsman. Husband of Florence Forsman, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
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Photo of Claude Forsman
Cecil Pittman travelled with the Royal Winnipeg Riffles Association when they participated in the 40th Anniversary of the D day tour to the Normandy beaches (Juno Beach) in 1984, the Royal Winnipeg Riffles "pilgrimage" tour in 1989, the year the memorial was unveiled in the little village of Audrieu and the Royal Winnipeg Riffles 50th Anniversary tour in 1994. He also attended the unveiling ceremonies of the Juno Beach Memorial located in Normandy, France in June of 2003.<P> Mr. Pittman has researched information through the National Archives, military histories, former veterans and from any other materials he can locate. In 2002, he completed 104 stories for the Manitoba Geographical Names Program (Lakes, Rivers, Islands, etc are named after Manitoba's world War II and the Korean Conflict casualties) Several soldier's photo from his collection were included with these stories in the Map Branch's publication "A Place of Honour".<BR> -
Biography
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Entrance
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Photograph of Charles FORSMAN's grave in Bayeux Commonwealth War Cemetery. -
Memorial Plaque
Photograph of the marble plaque with photo on Charles Forsman's grave in Bayeux Commonwealth War Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Claude Alphonse Forsman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 307 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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