Person:Ernest Lafbery (1)

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Ernest Harry Lafbery
b.Abt 1906 Crayford, Kent, England
d.26 Jul 1944 Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Aug 1896
  1. Beatrice Ellen Lafbery1897 - 1978
  2. Sidney Thomas Lafbery1898 - 1918
  3. Ivy Emily Lafbery1900 - 1986
  4. Edward Albert Lafbery1902 -
  5. Ernest Harry LafberyAbt 1906 - 1944
  6. Leonard George Lafbery1910 - 1912
  7. Frederick John Lafbery1912 - 1949
  8. Gladys Joan Lafbery1919 - 1958
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m. 30 Jul 1927
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Facts and Events
Name Ernest Harry Lafbery
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1906 Crayford, Kent, England
Marriage 30 Jul 1927 Leeds, Yorkshire, Englandto Evelyn Longthorn
Death? 26 Jul 1944 Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, France
Burial? Douvres-la-Délivrande, Calvados, FranceLa Délivrande War Cemetery

From CWGC: Name: LAFBERY, ERNEST HARRY; Initials: E H; Nationality: United Kingdom; Rank: Serjeant; Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps; Unit Text: 22nd Dragoons; Age: 38; Date of Death: 26/07/1944; Service No: 4523334; Additional information: Son of Thomas and Martha Lafbery; husband of Evelyn Lafbery, of Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire; Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead; Grave/Memorial Reference: VIII. A. 10; Cemetery: LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES.

Douvres-la-Delivrande is a village 14 kilometres north of Caen. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The burials in La Delivrande War Cemetery mainly date from 6 June and the landings on Sword beach, particularly Oboe and Peter sectors. Others were brought in later from the battlefields between the coast and Caen. There are now 942 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 63 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 180 German graves.

References
  1.   Find A Grave.

    Ernest Harry Lafbury

  2.   The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2339956/LAFBERY,%20ERNEST%20HARRY

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