FIRLE EVERARD NAYLOR

Personal Information

Date of birth: December 3rd 1919

Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Religion: Protestant (church of England)

Insurance: Sun Life

Age: 19Height: 5 feet 8 inchesWeight: 135 poundsComplexion: fairEyes: hazelHair: brownVision right: 20/25 left: 20/25Speaks and reads English fluently

Attended Glebe Collegiate Institute for 4 years Trade: Clerk

Thought to be a picture of Naylor in the UK with one of his mates for his Regiment

Lives with parents

47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON

Father: Harry S. Naylor

Mother: Victoria L. Naylor

Family

47 Brighton Avenue, Ottawa ON

Address of the Naylor family

Military service information

Military: Permanent Force Military rank: PrivateEffective date: 1-9-39Unit: 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 39-40Aldershot England Field January 28-29 1941Field March 17 1941Field June 22 1941UK September 6-27 1941UK October 30 1941UK December 7-28UK 13/27-11-42UK 1-2-43

UK 27-5-43UK 13-6-43N.A 14-6-43N.A 10-7-43UK 1-1-43N.A 28-8-43N.A 9-12-43N.A 15-11-43 N.A 24-1-43N.A 25-1-43N.A 28-1-43N.A 14-2-43N.A 29-2-43CMF (Central Mediterranean Force)December 9th 1943

Private LanceCorporal

Undefined

Private Lance Corporal

Ranking

Awards

1939-45 Star

Italy Star

Defense medal

War Medal

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Death

Death

December 9th, 1943Died at ItalyKilled in action

Rank: CorporalRegiment: Royal Canadian RegimentCemetery: 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 1st 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