Robert Joseph Gravelle

1919 - 1944  (25 years)

• Name	Robert Joseph Gravelle  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Jul 1919  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1941  [3]
  	Truck driver
  Enlisted	19 Mar 1941	Cornwall, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  		Robert Gravelle 126392 Attest.jpg
  FACT	Army  [1]
  FACT	C/9705  [3]
  FACT	Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.  [1]
  FACT	Private  [1, 2]
  Residence	19 Mar 1941	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 16 Coburg Street
  Residence	1944	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 360 Cumberland Street
  Death	24 Jul 1944	France   [1, 3]
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  Burial	Aft 24 Jul 1944	Calvados, France   [1]
  	Address: BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  	Grave Reference: X. H. 13. Location: This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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  Person ID	I126392	Lower Town
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gravelle   d. 1924
  Mother	Marie-Louise Renaud,   b. 1874   d. 6 Feb 1945, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1897	Ste-Anne, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F15419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Joseph and Marie Louise Gravelle, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1] Commemorated on Page 321 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance . Request a copy

  
  

• Sources

  [S3438] (Reliability: 3). The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) [S3663] (Reliability: 3). [S3440] (Reliability: 3). Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 for Robert Joseph Gravelle [S2] page 54.