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Military service
Service number:
A/64798
Age:
31
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
19 Field Regt.
Birth:
October 3, 1912
Forest, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 5, 1942
London, Ontario
Death:
August 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 13.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Agnes Mae Ward, of Forest, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
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Memorial Plaque
Some of the nieces and nephews of Walter Gordon Ward donated to and had this memorial installed at our local cemetery, Beechwood Cemetery, in Forest, Ontario. It is placed between his older and younger brothers. -
Medals
Mounted medals of Walter Gordon Ward -
Photo of Walter Gordon Ward
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward Grave Site -
Photo 2 of Walter Gordon Ward
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward home on leave in 1942 -
Photo 3 of Walter Ward
Gunner Walter Ward was a very quiet man that worked hard on the family farm. He lost his life defending Canada during the Battle of the Falise Gap in August, 1944 -
Family photo
Uncle Walter Gordon Ward with his brothers, father and a brother-in-law. He came from from a very close family. LEST WE FORGET -
Medals
Walter Ward's War Medals -
Plaque
Brick at Juno Beach Centre in honour of Walter Gordon Ward. Died August 11, 1944. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Legion Branch 176 Forest, Ontario Memorial Banner. Honoured by his nieces and nephews. -
Poem
A poem written by me to honour Uncle Walter Ward for his efforts on D-Day and the Falaise Battle.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
Digital gallery of
Gunner Walter Gordon Ward
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 471 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
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