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Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Bruce Wilbur Churchill
Rank:
Private
Service No:
F/7185
Regiment/Service:
Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Date of Birth:
April 17, 1921
Place of Birth:
Sandford, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
September 5, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Age at Enlistment:
18
Height: 5 feet, inches
Complexion: Fair
Eyes:
Blue
Hair: Dark
Weight: 145 lbs.
Trade:
Fisherman
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
At Enlistment: Ethel Churchill (Mother) Sandford, Yarmouth Co., NS
Dora Mae Churchill (Wife) Argyle South, Yarmouth Co., NS
Bruce Churchill was the son of Ralph Lloyd Churchill and Ethel Churchill of Sandford, Yarmouth Co., NS. He had eleven
brothers and sisters. He was married on February 20, 1942 in Halifax, NS.
He enlisted in the 6th A.A. Battery in September 1939 abd was taken on strength with the 1st A.A S/L Battery on November
1, 1941. On January 21, 1944 he was re-allocated to the Canadian Infantry Corps. He left Canada on August 4, 1944 and
disembarked in England on August 10, 1944 and was taken on strength with the Algonquin Regiment. He died while serving in
France. In 1945 his remains were reburied in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium.
Date of Death:
September 29, 1944
Age at Death:
23
Cemetery:
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
(Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
Grave Reference:
VII. G. 12.
The 23rd name on the WWII list of the Yarmouth War Memorial
Commemorated on page 273 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on June 13
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Bruce Wilbur Churchill