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Lieutenant William George Rogers Wedd

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Military service

Age: 27
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth: November 23, 1914 Invermere, British Columbia
Enlistment: December 17, 1940 Ontario
Death: August 19, 1942 Dieppe, France

Burial/memorial information

DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER)
Grave reference: J. 70.
Additional information

Son of Irving Cameron Wedd and Dora Marie Wedd, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Brother of Eileen and Major Robert Irving Clarence Wedd, who died on March 16, 1945, while serving with the Royal Regiment of Canada.

The province of British Columbia honoured Lieutenant Wedd by naming Wedd Islet in his honour.

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 123 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER) Seine-Maritime, France

From the centre of Dieppe take the Avenue Gambetta and Avenue des Canadiens. Head along the N27 out of Dieppe in the direction of Rouen until the first roundabout where there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sign. Go across the roundabout and continue until you reach a second roundabout. Take the first turning right where there is another CWGC sign. Continue until Chemin des Jonquilles, a road on the left. The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is on the right of this road and is clearly visible.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Learning resources

Lesson Plan: Ages 12 - 18

Remembrance Dog Tags – Fallen Canadians in the Dieppe Raid

Lesson Plan: Ages 8 - 11

Canadian efforts during the Dieppe Raid

Lesson Plan: Ages 5 - 7

The Dieppe Raid: Beachcomber delivers the news

 

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