Cpl
Albert
Frederick
Courtney
Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Ancestors 
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Aug 2021
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Biography
Corporal Albert Courtney was Killed in Action at France, 8 Jun 1944, serving with 1st Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment during World War II.
Albert Courtney was born in British Columbia, Canada.
Served with 1st Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C
His profession was a miner and he was member of the Salvation Army. He enlisted on June 24 1940 in Nanaimo and he went overseas to the UK on September 2 1941 and he went thereafter on Tuesday June 6 1944 to France for the landing on D-Day. Albert was killed in action on Thursday June 8 age 23 in the A Coy near Putot en Bessin and he was temporarily buried in Secqueville en Besser and thereafter reburied on March 8 1945 in Beny S/Mer.[1]
Sources
- ↑ The Canadian Scottish Regiment. https://www.csri.nl/persons-en/ Accessed 16 August 2021.
- "Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947," database with images, Entry for Albert Frederick Courtney; Age: 23, Date of Birth: 1921-05-09, Date of Death: 1944-06-08, Rank: Corporal, Unit: Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C. Force: Army, Service Number: K57500, Reference: RG 24, Volume: 25651, Son of Archibald Warren Courtney and Gertrude May Courtney, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Item Number: 7463. Library and Archives Canada, Military Heritage, Second World War: 1939-1945 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7463& : accessed 24 Oct 2021).
- "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLY8-LPL : 8 November 2017), Albert Frederick Courtney, 1944.
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56104807/albert-frederick-courtney : accessed 16 August 2021), memorial page for Cpl Albert Frederick Courtney (9 May 1921–8 Jun 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #56104807, citing Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ; Maintained by Operation:PictureMe (contributor 47833248) .
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Categories: Nanaimo, British Columbia | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Canadian Army, World War II | Killed in Action, Canada, World War II | 1939-1945 Star | France and Germany Star | Defence Medal | War Medal 1939-1945 | Canadian Volunteer Service Medal | Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados