Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Charles Burns
In memory of:
Lieutenant Robert Charles Burns
August 20, 1944
Military Service
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Army
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
H.Q. Sqn., 29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt.
Additional Information
Son of William Alfred and Ethel Burns. Husband of Winifred Elsie Burns, of West Roberval, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 263 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
XVIII. A. 3.
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.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of Robert Burns – In memory of the students of West Hill High School, Montreal Quebec. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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