- SURNAME
Geddes
- FORENAME
Russell Alvin
- UNIT
B Company
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
B/1464
- AWARD
Military Medal
- PLACE
Normandy 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Number on London Gazette B146477
born 12.01.1914, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
father George Alvin Geddes (1887-1939)
mother Annie Catherine (nee Granger) Geddes (1890-1958)
civil occupation truck driver/miner
07.05.1943 entered service
Next of kin - Brother Gerald Burton Geddes, 296 Tarneaud Street, Sudbury, Ontario
died 1985
Hillcrest Cemetery, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.
CITATION:
Military Medal : At Le Mesnil on 8 Jun 44 in a Coy attach this man with his sniper was detached with a Bren Gp to give covering fire to his section crossing over open ground to objective. When Coy were counter-attacked he and Bren Gp were cut off but kept fighting and finally found his way in to the Coy. 25 dead Germans were counted by the stretcher bearers in area this time were fighting.
WEB LINKS:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9036670FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179982500/russell-a-geddesNATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9036670
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