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Signalman W.H. Smith Gravemarker
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> Dieppe Canadian War Cemetary, HAUTOT-SUR-MER
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Inscription reads:
D21582 Signalman
W.H. SMITH
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
19th August 1942 Age 36
Years Roll by Memories Stay
Near as Dear as Yesterday
His Loving Wife Ruth
and Daughter Marjorie
Signalman Smith was an Electrician (Sigs). A member of 1 Canadian Army Tank Brigade Signals, he was attached to 14 Canadian Army Tank Battalion (14 Cdn Army Tank Bn), one of the Canadian units that conducted the Dieppe raid on 19 Aug 1942. Of the 6 Officers and 72 Other Ranks of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals that participated in the raid, Sig Smith was one of eight killed in action (KIA). |
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