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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 4, 1916
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 3, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XV. D. 2.
Additional information
Son of Derwyn and Norah Owen, of Toronto, Ontario. B.A. (University of Toronto). Student of Harvard University.
Digital gallery of Captain David Derwyn Owen
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Photo of David Derwyn Owen
Captain David Owen enlisted in October 1941 and joined the QOR of C in England. He served as a platoon commander in Alpha Coy, leading 7 Platoon in on D-Day. He was promoted Captain in late July and was transferred to Support Company (Carrier Platoon). Captain Owen died in the fighting for Falaise Gap in mid-August 1944. -
Grave marker
This photo of Capt Owen's grave at Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery was taken by myself during a visit to Normandy in June, 1997. -
Obituary
This obituary of Capt David Owen was clipped from a Toronto newspaper by Mrs. Josie McQuade and preserved in an album. -
Newspaper Clipping
From "The Maple Leaf" (Canada's Armed Forces daily newspaper published from 1944 to 1946)--the Monday, September 11, 1944 issue. -
Photo of DAVID DERWYN OWEN
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Photo of DAVID DERWYN OWEN
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Photo of DAVID DERWYN OWEN
David meeting Princess Marina of Greece. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Identification
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Document
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Telegram
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Article
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
Digital gallery of
Captain David Derwyn Owen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
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