Sgt. Norman McLennan's unit fought in the Battle of the Somme and was one of eight Canadian battalions tasked with capturing a major German trench that fortified higher ground.
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says it has confirmed that a previously unidentified grave in France for a Canadian First World War soldier belongs to Sgt. Norman McLennan.
The headstone at the Courcelette British Cemetery in northern France, which says only that the plot was for a sergeant of the “Great War Royal” Canadian regiment, will now be rededicated to McLennan in a ceremony.
Cette tombe est celle du sergent Norman McLennan, soldat pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
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La tombe d’un soldat canadien a été identifiée dans un cimetière en France
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