Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilfred Douglas Slumskie
In memory of:
Corporal Wilfred Douglas Slumskie
June 11, 1944
In the field
Military Service
A/733
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Army
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
'B' Sqn., 6th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
April 4, 1921
Owen Sound, Ontario
June 16, 1941
Camp Borden, Ontario
Son of Albert C. and Mary Slumskie, of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 19, Column 2.
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.
Digital Collection
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Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of William Slumski – Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
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