Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Joseph Lawrence Desayeux
In memory of:
Private Joseph Lawrence Desayeux
July 25, 1944
Military Service
B/143491
19
Army
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Additional Information
September 27, 1924
Spanish, Ontario
Son of Edward and Mary Virginia (née McCormick) Desayeux, of Spanish, Ontario. Brother Paul, Yvonne, Edna, Beulah and Pte Hector Edmond Desayeux, deceased 29 August 1944. Mrs. Mary Virginia Desayeux was a Silver Cross Mother.
Commemorated on Page 289 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
VII. H. 9.
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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Wedding Photo – Marriage of Hector Edward Desayeux and Nellie May Wood, brother Joseph Lawrence is pictured in the photo, killed in WWII burial in Caen, France. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Joseph Lawrence Desayeux – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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