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Military service
Service number:
B/64878
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. E. 13.
Additional information
Son of John Richard and Mary Ann Willis, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Sydney Willis
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Photo of Sydney Willis
Rifleman Willis enlisted in November 1941 with the 2nd Bn (Reserve) Queen's Own Rifles. Following basic training, he went to the 1st Battalion in England in 1942. Willis landed on D-Day with Able Company of the Regiment and survived the Normandy fighting until he was killed in action at Quesnay Wood north of Falaise. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Rfn Willis' gravemarker at Bretteville Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron (QOR of C) in June 1997. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Sydney Willis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 479 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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