In memory of

Rifleman

George Robert Coe

who died on 9 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Regina Rifles
  Rank Rifleman
  Service number L105049
  Date of death 19440709
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L105049 Rifleman (Regina Rifles) George Robert Coe (b.1924) of Wawota was KIA 19440709 at Caen and is buried at Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery near Reviers, Calvados, France. He was the son of Ernest Percival (Percy) and Agnes (Fern) Coe. Ernest, a native of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, won the Military Medal at Hill 70 during World War I. He became a forester and was posted to Kenosee in 1924. The family farmed at Wawota from 1936. George was born at Wawota and was farming when he enlisted at Regina early in 1943.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 93 - Wawken
  Cemetery or memorial location Bény-sur-Mer Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Wawota
  Geo-memorial Coe Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.6333°N / 108.5833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N10
  Geo-memorial details Just north of Uranium City.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19241002
  Place of birth Wawota    
  Date of enlistment 19430209
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Wawota    
  Occupation farmer
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