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Ralph Gilmore Wardlaw

In memory of:

Sergeant Ralph Gilmore Wardlaw

September 23, 1944
Uso River bridgehead, Italy

Military Service


Service Number:

C/70592

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.

Additional Information


Born:

June 30, 1917
West Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 24, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of John and Maud Wardlaw, of Westboro, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 472 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

V, H, 4.

Location:

CESENA WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cesena, in the Province of Forli, and is situated one kilometre north-east of Cesena railway station on the provincial road to Cervia (Route No.71 bis). If exiting at Cesena from the highway, the sign will be seen for the Cemetery. From the other direction in Cesena, follow the sign to Rimini and then Cervia and the Cemetery will be found on the right. The CESENA WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– October 4, 1944 (Ottawa Citizen).

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