Name: Lloyd Mitchell Acker Rank: Private Service No: F57596 Service: Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C. Date of Birth: November 28 1924 Place of Birth: Churchover, NS Date of Enlistment: October 6, 1943 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address At Enlistment: Shelburne, NS Age at Enlistment: 19 Trade: Checker, Canadian National Railways, Shelburne Marital Status: Single Religion: Church of England Next of Kin: Elizabeth Acker [Mother] Shelburne, NS Date of Death: August 1, 1944 Age At Death: 19 Memorial: Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France Plot: IV. E. 16. Listed on the Shelburne War Memorial Commemorated on Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 16, 17, and 18 Private Lloyd Acker was the son of Maurice Gordon Acker (1882-1940) and Deborah Elizabeth (Littlewood) Acker (1898-1977) of Shelburne, NS. He was the brother of Frank, Morris, and Iva Acker. Following basic training at No. 60 CABTC Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and advanced training at Aldershot in Canada, Private Acker arrived in the United Kingdom on June 11, 1944. He disembarked in France on July 18, 1944. He was killed in action on August 1, 1944. Sources: findagrave Veterans Affairs Canada