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Military service
Service number:
A/20471
Age:
27
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
16 Field Coy.
Birth:
October 3, 1916
Southampton, Ontario
Death:
July 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. H. 8.
Additional information
Son of John and Winifred Beresford, of Southampton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper Laird Redford Beresford
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Southampton Cenotaph
Laird Beresford is remembered on the Southampton Cenotaph. This war memorial includes plaques with the names of men from World Wars 1 & 2. The WWII list is inscribed: "In Memory of the Men of Southampton who Gave Their Lives in World War Two". Southampton is in Bruce County, Ontario. This photograph was taken by Mr. Clive Freeman in the summer of 2002. -
Photo of Laird Redford Beresford
Laird Redford Beresford before being shipped Overseas to England -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
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Photo of LAIRD REDFORD BERESFORD
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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