CANADIAN PARA Church, Lloyd George

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Church ​

• FORENAME

Lloyd George ​

• UNIT

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• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

B/87217 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th April 1945 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands IV.H.13 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 05.08.1918, Welland, Ontario, Canada​

son of Ruggles M. and Lilly L. (nee Smees) Church, Welland, Ontario​

KIA Germany ​

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Weather clear and sunny. Unit at 1 hr notice to move. Vehicles arrived at 1630 hrs and unit moved to ESCHEDE 6962, arriving at 1945 hrs. Billets very crowded here, as several units from another fmn had already moved in. Proposed area SE of UELZEN could not be occupied since it had not yet been cleared by 6 A/L Bde, whose task it was to clear it. Early in the evening an enemy aircraft dropped a large bomb on B Coy killing 2 and wounding 2. Unit warned for move following day.