Harry David Dickenson

Pte. Harry Dickenson of Stewarttown, age 21 years, five months and nineteen days, Anglican, a labourer, his father disabled due to diabetes, a twenty-two-year-old brother (Alan John) and sixteen-year-old sister (Christine Muriel) at home on the farm in Stewarttown, a nineteen-year-old brother (Thomas Frank) overseas with a tank corp. He died of wounds as German prisoner of war within four days of his arrival in France. His mother Ethel and father William left to mourn the loss of their son.

Harry is commemorated on the Cenotaph at Remembrance Park, Georgetown.

August 10, 1944

Red Cross Enquiry Bureau Ottawa

“Dear Madam- In reply to your enquiry of July 20, concerning the regretted death of the marginally named, kindly note that according to information received from the overseas military authorities, Private Dickenson died at Dieppe, France, on the 21st of August, 1942 of wounds received in action two days previously. No other details are available nor has any advice come to hand concerning his burial place”.

November 16, 1945

Mrs. Ethel Dickenson RR#2 Georgetown, Ont.

“Dear Madam- Further to my letter of October 30, information has now been received from the overseas military authorities that the remains of your son, are buried in grave 31, row K, Cimetière des Vertus, Hautot-sur-Mer, France and a map of the area is enclosed herewith upon which the location of this community has been marked in red. This is a recognized military burial ground and will receive care and maintenance in perpetuity”.

Truly a Canadian Hero. His story lives on. Information taken from Veterans.gc.ca and Ancestry.ca

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