Andre, Albert Guy

Date of birth:: October 20th, 1921 (Smiths Falls/Ontario, Canada)
Date of death:: March 2nd, 1945 (Uedem/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Buried on:: Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XVII. Row: C. Grave: 12.
Service number:: C/41350
Nationality:: Canadian

Biography

Corporal
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.
21st Armd. Regt.

In the early hours of the morning on 2 March the main force of Canadian armour would head straight through the clearing that divided the forest uotside Uedem in two. Another unit of armour and infantry would head towards the town of Uedem. Uedem was even deadlier then Calcar, as the town had vast deep ditches leading up to Udem. The ditches were designed so that the Canadians couldn’t drive through the town without falling into the ditches. The Canadians would have to take a narrow road between the ditches and when the Canadians moved to control the road the Germans attacked. According to the Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards the enemy positions were supported by anti-tank guns which devastated the tanks that were engaged in the attack. The battle involving the GGFG and the infantry of the Lake Superior Regiment raged on throughout the early morning hours with the tanks and crews suffering heavy casualties. It is here on the edge of what is known as the Hochwald Gap that Corporal Albert Guy Andre’s tank was “holed” during the battle killing him instantly.

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