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Corporal JOHN RICHARD ADAMS

Service Number: D/26830
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Grenadier Guards, R.C.A.C.

22nd Armd. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and A. Adams, of Verdun, Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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