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Eugene Blair Drisdelle

In memory of:

Private Eugene Blair Drisdelle

July 4, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

G/63319

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Born:

November 13, 1922
Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

February 10, 1943
Edmundston, New Brunswick

Son of Angus and Lydia Drisdelle of Moncton New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 295 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

II. H. 11.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Moncton (New Brunswick) Daily Times c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Moncton (New Brunswick) Daily Times c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Moncton (New Brunswick) Transcript newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Moncton (New Brunswick) Transcript newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Eugene Blair Drisdelle– Eugene Blair Drisdelle 1922-1944 Eugene Drisdelle was the son of Angus and Lydia Drisdelle of Moncton New Brunswick, Canada. He was a private with the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment. He was 22 years old when he was killed in “The Battle of Carpiquet France" July 04, 1944. He is buried in Bretteville--Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados. His brother George was also overseas in the latter part of the war and Raymond was in the Navy aboard HMCS Saguenay. Tilmon, another brother, was a boy at home. His sisters are Bernadette, Maria, Elva and Norma.

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    Photo of Eugene Blair Drisdelle
    Photo of Eugene Blair Drisdelle – Eugene Blair Drisdelle 1922-1944 Eugene Drisdelle was the son of Angus and Lydia Drisdelle of Moncton New Brunswick, Canada. He was a private with the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment. He was 22 years old when he was killed in “The Battle of Carpiquet France" July 04, 1944. He is buried in Bretteville--Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados. His brother George was also overseas in the latter part of the war and Raymond was in the Navy aboard HMCS Saguenay. Tilmon, another brother, was a boy at home. His sisters are Bernadette, Maria, Elva and Norma.

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