Date of birth:

May 8th, 1925 (Harcourt/New Brunswick, Canada)

Date of death:

February 20th, 1945 (Calcar/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: XX. Row: D. Grave: 8.

Service number:

G/2678

Nationality:

Canadian

Private
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

On 20 February 1945, it was a very damp and cold day. The day started with a very heavy counterattack by the Germans on their positions in Calcar. The RHLI fought the Germans all day long, with tanks and mortars.
Several counterattacks were successfully defended. Lloyd’s Company suffered many casualties on the German side.
In the evening the area was under control and stable.
Private Lloyd Ernest Beers was killed in action on 20 February 1945 when he was only nineteen years old.

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