Firle Everard Naylor

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Firle Everard Naylor
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Personal Information
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• Date of birth December 3rd 1919
• Birthplace Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Religion Protestant (church of England)
• Insurance Sun Life

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• Age 19
• Height 5 feet 8 inches
• Weight 135 pounds
• Complexion fair
• Eyes hazel
• Hair brown
• Vision right 20/25 left 20/25
• Speaks and reads English fluently

Thought to be a picture of Naylor in the UK with
one of his mates for his Regiment
Attended Glebe Collegiate Institute for 4 years
Trade Clerk
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Family

• Lives with parents
• 47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON
• Father Harry S. Naylor
• Mother Victoria L. Naylor

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Address of the Naylor family
47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON
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Military service information
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• Military Permanent Force
• Military rank Private
• Effective date 1-9-39
• Unit Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps R.C.O.R
• Enlisted in Ottawa Age 19

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Served in

• Canada from 1-9-39 to 9-6-40
• United Kingdom from 10-6-40 to 13-6-43
• Italy from 14-6-43 from 9-12-43

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Route
UK 27-5-43 UK 13-6-43 N.A 14-6-43 N.A 10-7-43 UK
1-1-43 N.A 28-8-43 N.A 9-12-43 N.A 15-11-43 N.A
24-1-43 N.A 25-1-43 N.A 28-1-43 N.A 14-2-43 N.A
29-2-43 CMF (Central Mediterranean
Force) December 9th 1943

• Ottawa 39-40
• Aldershot England
• Field January 28-29 1941
• Field March 17 1941
• Field June 22 1941
• UK September 6-27 1941
• UK October 30 1941
• UK December 7-28
• UK 13/27-11-42
• UK 1-2-43

Ranking
Lance Corporal
Private
Undefined
Lance Corporal
Private
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Awards
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Defense medal
Italy Star
1939-45 Star
War Medal
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
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Death
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Death

• December 9th, 1943
• Died at Italy
• Killed in action
• Rank Corporal
• Regiment Royal Canadian Regiment
• Cemetery Moro River Canadian war cemetery
• Service number P/35263

Grave 8, row C, plot 4
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Why grave site was chosen

• By the winter of 1943, the German armies in
  Italy were defending a line stretching from the
  Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples, to the Adriatic
  Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break
  through this line to capture Rome. For its part,
  the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross
  the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944
  the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending
  that it would contain the graves of those who
  died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting
  in the weeks before and after it. Today, there
  are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over
  50 are unidentified and 1, 375 are Canadian.

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Lest we forget