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Jun 4 • 27 tweets • 7 min read
The Canadians. #DDay
A Company, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment

🎥: Sergeant Bill Grant
Private Harold Stanley Daley
Chatham, New Brunswick

He was 22 years old.
Major John Archibald MacNaughton
Black River Bridge, New Brunswick

He was 47 years old.
Lance Corporal Gordon Reed
Toronto, Ontario
He was 23 years old.

Rifleman Douglas Philip Reed
Toronto, Ontario
He was 26 years old.
Rifleman Stanley James Johnston
Kisbey, Saskatchewan

He was 19 years old.
Rifleman Herman Stock
Wahta Mohawk Territory

He was 22 years old.
Private Martin Reynard
Bobcaygeon, Ontario

He was 20 years old.
Rifleman Garner Fidler
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

He was 22 years old.
Private Martin Gallant
Wellington, Prince Edward Island

He was 26 years old.
Flying Officer Leonard Ralph Allman
Schenectady, New York

He was 25 years old.
Corporal Winslow Earl Oikle
Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia

He was 21 years old.
Gunner Charles Arthur Massey
Rockport, Ontario

He was 22 years old.
Corporal Ralph Ernest Spencer
Morden, Manitoba

He was 23 years old.
Lance Bombardier John Robert Birss
Montréal, Québec

He was 24 years old.
Rifleman Jon Gislason
Elfros, Saskatchewan

He was 26 years old.
Sapper Arthur Switzer
Binbrook, Ontario

He was 21 years old.
Corporal Clifford Robert Drew
Toronto, Ontario

He was 29 years old.
Private Randolph Pitre
Elsipogtog First Nation

He was 21 years old.
Major Hugh Murray MacLeod
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

He was 25 years old.
Corporal Hugh Mccullum Rocks
Kirkland Lake, Ontario

He was 40 years old.
Leading Seaman Allister Charles Austin
St. John's, Newfoundland
Royal Navy

He was 23 years old.
Trooper Earl Stanley Sinclair
Rosetown, Saskatchewan

He was 23 years old.
Trooper Alvin Reeves
Swan River, Manitoba

He was 25 years old.
Flying Officer Adrian Ralph Taylor
Bell Island, Newfoundland

He was 24 years old.
Sergeant Peter Jacob Martinus Modderman
Beazer, Alberta

He was 31 years old.
Private Louis Valmont Roy
Kedgwick, New Brunswick

He was 21 years old.

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