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Military service
Service number:
B/63715
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. B. 11.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Ruth Hadley, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Doris Edith Hadley, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Corporal George Albert Hadley
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Photo of George Albert Hadley
Cpl George Hadley joined The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940, along with his brother Jack. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He survived D-Day but was killed in Normandy when his patrol was mistakenly fired upon by other Canadian troops. -
Obituary
This obituary of Corporal Hadley was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Grave Marker
This photo of Cpl Hadley's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 6th, 2003. -
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) -
Photo of GEORGE ALBERT HADLEY
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE ALBERT HADLEY
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE ALBERT HADLEY
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
Digital gallery of
Corporal George Albert Hadley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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