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Military service
Service number:
C/21411
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Birth:
November 2, 1912
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 6, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 9, 1944
Moulin Farm, Le Mesnil-Patry, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. F. 12.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Jennie Angel, of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Elsie Myrtle Angel, of Ottawa.
Brother of Private Norman George Angel, who died on July 8, 1944, while serving with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
Digital gallery of Private Harold Sandford Angel
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Grave Marker
Harold "Buster" Angel's grave Cross in France -
Photo of Elsie Angel
This is Buster's wife Elsie Angel nee Vallillee. She was left behind with four kids after Buster was murdered by the SS during the Normandy Campaign. -
Photo of Harold Angel
Harold Sandford(Buster) Angel in Iceland 1940 -
Photo of Harold Angel
Harold Sandford "Buster" Angel standing outside barracks in Reykjavik, Iceland 1940 -
Photo of Harold Angel
Harold Sandford "Buster" Angel standing in truck (right hand side) with some of his army buddies in Reykjavik, Iceland -
Photo of Harold Angel
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Photo of Harold Angel
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Photo of Harold Angel
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Photo of Harold Angel
Harold Angel-Iceland 1941 -
Group photo
Pte. Harold Angel-3rd from left inside truck in Iceland 1941 -
Group photo
Pte. Harold Angel-Far Left in tuque with army buddies in Iceland 1941 -
Photo of Harold Angel
Pte. Harold Angel-heading into barracks in Iceland 1941 -
Photo of Harold Angel
Pte. Harold Angel-Standing in trench in Iceland 1941-42 -
Grave Marker
A 2010 photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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) -
Cemetery
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Private Harold Sandford Angel is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
Digital gallery of
Private Harold Sandford Angel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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