FIRLE EVERARD NAYLOR Personal Information Date of birth
FIRLE EVERARD NAYLOR
Personal Information
Date of birth: December 3 rd 1919 Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada Religion: Protestant (church of England) Insurance: Sun Life
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
Family Lives with parents 47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON Father: Harry S. Naylor Mother: Victoria L. Naylor
Address of the Naylor family 47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON
Military service information
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
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
Route 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 Private Lance Corporal 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 9 th 1943 Undefined Private Lance Corporal
Awards
Defense medal Italy Star War Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939 -45 Star
Death
Death December 9 th, 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
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 1 st 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.
Lest we forget
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