Date of birth:

October 27th, 1923 (Mannville/Alberta, Canada)

Date of death:

April 2nd, 1945 (Wehl/Gelderland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XX. Row: E. Grave: 14.

Service number:

M/107424

Nationality:

Canadian

Trooper
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
27th Armd. Regt.

On April 2, A squadron supported the Canadian 7th Infantry Division in the fighting in and around Wehl. They disabled light machine guns on the flanks and sent out patrols to track down German pockets of resistance.
At two o'clock in the morning on April 2, all the deployed patrols had
returned and it had become clear how the Germans defended Wehl.
There was a first line of defense along the railway, a second was on the south side of the village. The attack on Wehl began at four in the morning.
The opposition was fierce, but at six o'clock that morning they reached the south side of Wehl. There they were relieved by B and C Companies which, with the support of flamethrowers and tanks, of which William was a part, were fighting their way to the north side of the village. William was in one of these tanks. His tank was hit at least twice by German artillery on the Keppelseweg from the direction of the Rosa Monastery. William was killed, along with two other crew members.

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