In memory of

Lieutenant

Edwin Robert Kercher

who died on 5 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Rank Lieutenant
  Service number L12030
  Date of death 19440805
  Cause of death died of wounds
Narrative history
  Lieutenant (South Saskatchewan Regiment) Edwin Robert (Ted) Kercher Jr. (b.1917) of Weyburn died 19440805 during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. Kercher, who was mentioned in despatches for heroism at Dieppe when he was a corporal, was wounded at Verrières and died the next day. He was the son of Edwin Robert and Elsie Rose Kercher who homesteaded NW32-7-18-W2 southeast of Khedive. Ted was born at Weyburn, was working as a nurse attendant at the Weyburn mental hospital when he enlisted as a private (L12030) at Weyburn before Canada declared war, and left a wife Violet at Cassidy, British Columbia.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 67 - Weyburn
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Weyburn
  Geo-memorial Kercher Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.6833°N / 106.5°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G10
  Geo-memorial details North of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170626
  Place of birth Weyburn    
  Date of enlistment 19390906
  Place of enlistment Weyburn    
  Residence on enlistment Weyburn    
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