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James Alvin Moss

 

Moss, James Alvin, Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Military Service: Private, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, served in Normandy, bludgeoned to death on 7 June 1944 at the Abbaye d’Ardenne, probably by order of SS Colonel Kurt Meyer, Commander, 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 12th SS Division, “Hitler Youth”. For further information, see PRU, File 40-95286 and Conduct Unbecoming, 67-70.

Additional Biographical Information: See Canadian War Graves Commission. Buried at Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, France. Grave Reference: VII.H.8.