Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Stanley Leslie Cornwall
In memory of:
Rifleman Stanley Leslie Cornwall
August 10, 1944
Military Service
C/53615
Army
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 280 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
XII. E. 7.
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.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Stanley Cornwall – Queen's Own Rifles of Canada -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Gravemarker – This photo of Rfn Cornwall's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C on June 8th, 2003.
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