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Military service
Service number:
B/27668
Age:
33
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
8 Field Sqdn.
Birth:
May 24, 1910
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 12, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 13, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. A. 3.
Additional information
Son of George W. and Clara Ann Humphries; husband of Helen Louise and father of Robert Anthony and Barbara Louise Humphries of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Norman and Bernice. He was employed as a machine welder. He served in Canada from 2 September 1940 until 1 June 1942 and in the United Kingdom from 2 June 1942 until his death.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Victor Humphries
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Gravemarker
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Photo of George Humphries
GV (Vic) Humphries on a visit home before going overseas. -
Photo 2 of George Humphries
Sgt George Victor Humphries accepting cigarettes(I believe) for the troops from General Montgomery -
Newspaper Clipping
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Victor Humphries
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 172 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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