Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT (photo added)



Rank | Private |
Forenames | HOWARD JAMES |
Surname | VANCOTT (photo added) |
Initials | H J |
Place of Birth | Unknown |
Date of Birth | Unknown |
Date of Death | Friday, 04 August 1944 |
Age | 33 |
Nationality |
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Residence or Entered Service From | Unknown |
Service Number | C/6274 | Force |
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Service/Corps/Regiment | Canadian Infantry Corps |
Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 5 Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
Military Honours and Awards | |
Place of Burial/Commemoration |
BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Roll of honour |
Grave/Memorial Location | XI. F. 15. |
Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
Epitaph | JOHN XV. 13. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS |
Family Details | SON OF JAMES LEE VANCOTT AND OF SELINA VANCOTT (NEE FALLER); HUSBAND OF EFFIE IZZETTA VANCOTT (NEE JOYCE), OF BLOOMFIELD, ONTARIO. |
Additional Information
Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT and his wife Effie had one child, William Lawrence Vancott. William Lawrence Vancott married Donna Marie (nee McKenzie) and had 5 children: Penny, twins Tresa and Tracy, Tamy and Trevor Lawrence.
Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT, his wife Effie,
and their son William Lawrence Vancott.
References |
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1. | Photographs and information, unless otherwise stated, kindly provided by Trevor Lawrence VanCott, grandson of Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT. |
2. | Copy of original document from the Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial Book of Remembrance p.467. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
Cross marker photograph: | Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial. |
Individual photograph: | Trevor Lawrence Vancott, grandson of Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT. |
Additional photographs provided by: | Trevor Lawrence Vancott, grandson of Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT and Carl Shilleto |
Additional information provided by: | Trevor Lawrence Vancott, grandson of Private HOWARD JAMES VANCOTT. |
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What other people have said
Betty Albright
What a wonderful hero. Taken from his family so young. Rest in peace our hero.
On Monday, February 17, 2014