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Elzear Peters

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Elzear Peters

August 26, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

F/26415

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Additional Information


Born:

November 18, 1919
Rustico, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment:

October 27, 1939
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Son of Abraham and Josephine Peters, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Commemorated on Page 416 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 21, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Elzear Peters

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