• Normandy Massacres

Date of birth:

April 16th, 1916 (Kentville/Nova Scotia, Canada)

Date of death:

June 8th, 1944 (Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Bretteville-sur-Laize
Plot: XIV. Row: E. Grave: 11.

Service number:

F/40528

Nationality:

Canadian

Raymond Moore was a Baptist by faith. He grew up in Kentville and lived there with his parents, Charlie and Bertha Moore, until his enlistment. Prior to joining the military, Raymond worked as a laborer and had no formal trade certification or university education, though he had completed Grade 11 in high school. He was fluent in English and had no known history of serious illness or disability at the time of his enlistment.

Raymond enlisted in the Canadian Active Service Force on May 15, 1940, at Aldershot, Nova Scotia, and was assigned Regimental Number F40528. He served with the West Nova Scotia Regiment before transferring to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Throughout his military career, he held the rank of Private and was stationed in various locations, including Aldershot and Amherst, before being deployed overseas.

His service record reflects a soldier who faced the rigors of wartime with resilience. He underwent medical examinations and was deemed fit for duty, receiving standard vaccinations and inoculations. While in service, he experienced disciplinary actions for minor infractions, such as being absent without leave and insubordination.

Raymond Moore was never married and had no children. His next of kin was his mother, Bertha Moore, who remained in Kentville throughout his service.

On June 7, 1944, during the Normandy campaign in France, Raymond was reported missing in action. Subsequent investigations and testimony from the Kurt Meyer war crimes trial revealed that he had been taken prisoner, disarmed, and then executed by German forces. His remains were initially buried in a communal grave but were later exhumed and reinterred at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian Military Cemetery in France.

Raymond’s death was officially confirmed in March 1945, and his family was notified through a series of telegrams and letters from the Department of National Defence. His sacrifice was formally recognized, and he was posthumously honored for his service. The Canadian government provided a war service gratuity to his mother and issued a photograph of his grave marker as a gesture of remembrance.

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• - CAMPBELL, I.J., Murder at the Abbaye, Golden Dog Press, Ottowa, 2000.
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