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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
14th Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
8th Reconnaissance Regt.
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. F. 13.
Additional information
Son of Eric Edward and Lois Muriel Boothroyd. Husband of Doris Elizabeth Boothroyd of Montreal, QC. B.A. (Bishop's College, Lennoxville); B.C.L. (McGill University). Member of the Bar, Province of Quebec.
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
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Lt Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd obit Montreal Star Oct 2 1944 courtesy McGill University archives. -
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Circumstances of death
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Letter
Hand copy of letter from Lt.Col. Alway to Edward's widow Doris with notice of and circumstances of his death, transcribed by Doris and sent to Edward's brother Roger -
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Edward on leave ca 1943
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
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Lieutenant Edward Francis Herbert Boothroyd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 253 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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