BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.06055, Longitude: -0.29188
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) about 14 kilometres south of Caen and just north of the village of Cintheaux. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
Historical Information
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
For the most part, those buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery 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. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the cemetery.
The cemetery contains 2,958 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 87 of them unidentified.
Total Burials: 2,958.
Identified Casualties: Canada 2,792, United Kingdom 74, Australia 4, New Zealand 1. Total 2,871.
Unidentified Casualties: 87.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Henry Harrison Bennett
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
14th August 1944, aged 24.
Plot XI. F. 8.
Son of Capt. Ronald V. Bennett and Elva I. Bennett, of Sackville, New Brunswick.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died Defending His Country And For The Freedom Of The World"
Henry Harrison Bennett
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
14th August 1944, aged 24.
Plot XI. F. 8.
Son of Capt. Ronald V. Bennett and Elva I. Bennett, of Sackville, New Brunswick.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died Defending His Country And For The Freedom Of The World"
M/44963 Corporal
Ernest Edward Gendron
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regiment. South Alberta Regiment. R. C. A. C.
10th August 1944, aged 25.
Plot XII. E. 5.
Son of George Eugene and Anna Gendron, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Smile For All A Heart Of Gold One Of The Best This World Did Hold"
Picture courtesy of niece, Penny Hurd
Ernest Edward Gendron
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regiment. South Alberta Regiment. R. C. A. C.
10th August 1944, aged 25.
Plot XII. E. 5.
Son of George Eugene and Anna Gendron, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Smile For All A Heart Of Gold One Of The Best This World Did Hold"
Picture courtesy of niece, Penny Hurd
D/72064 Sapper
Walter S. Waddling
5 Field Coy. Royal Canadian Engineers
20th August 1944, aged 37.
Plot XVI. B. 16.
Son of Walter Waddling and of Albertine Waddling (nee Fiss); husband of Kathleen Waddling, of Tottenham, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Picture courtesy of nephew, Ronald A. Waddling
Walter S. Waddling
5 Field Coy. Royal Canadian Engineers
20th August 1944, aged 37.
Plot XVI. B. 16.
Son of Walter Waddling and of Albertine Waddling (nee Fiss); husband of Kathleen Waddling, of Tottenham, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Picture courtesy of nephew, Ronald A. Waddling
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