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Joseph James Frederick Desjardins

In memory of:

Private Joseph James Frederick Desjardins

August 4, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

B/143761

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

October 10, 1924
Vankleekhill, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 8, 1943
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Alfred and Marjorie Annie Desjardins, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 290 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 WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

IV.B.7.

Location:

The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town, on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. Bayeux is an ancient and historic town of Normandy. Its cathedral was the seat of Bishop Odon, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who took part in the invasion of England; and in it is the tomb of an English soldier of the Hundred Years' War. Bayeux was the first French town of importance to be liberated from the Germans in June 1944. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial to 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Bayeux War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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