Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Thomas Edward Kneller
In memory of:
Rifleman Thomas Edward Kneller
August 10, 1944
Military Service
B/65783
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Army
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
1st Bn.
Additional Information
December 10, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
July 2, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Albert Edward Kneller and of Gertrude Josephine Kneller (nee Gibson), of Mimico, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 354 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
XI. D. 6.
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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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Thomas Edward Kneller – Thomas Edward Kneller, taken at the Green Feather in Mimico, Ontario, Canada just before leaving for war. -
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Photo of Thomas Edward Kneller – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Thomas Edward Kneller page1 letter home while stationed at Debert -
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Letter – Thomas Edward Kneller page 2 letter home while stationed at Debert -
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Telegram – Thomas Edward Kneller Heartbreaking Telegram -
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Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Medals – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Medals – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Gravemarker – This photo of Rfn Kneller's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997.
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