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Cecil Lanfranchi

In memory of:

Trooper Cecil Lanfranchi

September 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

A/107451

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

March 29, 1917
Goudhurst, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

July 22, 1943
London, Ontario

Husband of Margaret Lanfranchi of Guelph, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 358 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

7. B. 2.

Location:

Leubringhen is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, halfway between Calais and Boulogne. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery is in Leubringhen and is situated on the east side of the Calais-Boulogne road, 14 kilometres from Calais. From Calais leave the motorway at junction 9 and turn left onto the N3-E402 toward St Inglevert. Proceed through the village and immediately after, turn first left over motorway bridge and follow the road for approximately 250 metres. The Calais Canadian War Cemetery will be found on the left.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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