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Military service
Service number:
K/57044
Age:
34
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1st Battalion
Birth:
May 7, 1910
Adanac, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
May 22, 1940
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Death:
June 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of James and Margaret Smith. Brother of Mrs. Florence Simmons, Kenneth D., James Earl and Andrew Emerson. He was single and employed as a truck driver. He served in Canada 22 May 1940 - 23 Aug 41, the
United Kingdom 24 Aug 41 to 2 June 44 and North West Europe from 6 June 44 until his death.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star
Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith
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Grave Marker
A 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) -
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. -
Memorial
Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith
Digital gallery of
Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith
Digital gallery of
Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith
Digital gallery of
Corporal Stanley Edgar Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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