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Gerard Dore

In memory of:

Private Gerard Dore

July 23, 1944
France

Military Service

Service Number:

E/584

Age:

16

Force:

Army

Unit:

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

August 29, 1927
St. Prime,Val Jalbert Roberval, Quebec

Enlistment:

April 7, 1943
Quebec City, Quebec

Son of Isidore and Marianne (nee Leboeuf) Doré, of County Roberval, Roberval, Quebec.

Brother of Rita, Maurice Rene, Jean-Joseph, Marie-Ange, Irène, Hélène, Hermance and Thérèse.

Served in Canada from April 7, 1943 to April 30, 1944, the United Kingdom from May 1, 1944 to June 6, 1944, then Northwest Europe from July 8, 1944 until his death.

Commemorated on Page 293 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XVI. G. 11.

Location:

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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  • Memorial– Monument erected in honour of Gérard Doré at the entrance of the Bretteville-sur-Laize Military cemetery in Normandy, France.

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    Memorial – Monument erected in honour of Gérard Doré at the entrance of the Bretteville-sur-Laize Military cemetery in Normandy, France.
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