501107 Cpl. Wilfrid Frève Canadian Army Mont-Royal Fusiliers My father, Cpl Wilfrid Frève, served with the Mont-Royal Fusiliers and took part in the first battle on French soil after the landings of June 6, 1944. The Fusiliers arrived in France on July 7 (Courseulles-sur-mer). They found themselves at Carpiquet Airfield, awaiting their orders of battle. On 18 July, they were outside the village of Ifs, about to take Verrières, but first had to seize two farms (Troteval & Beauvoir). After 36 hours under fire at Troteval only five men remained, and he was captured and taken to Stalag VIII B. He was in 2 ArbeitsKommandos, the E-901 (few days) and E-902 near Michelsneukirchen (Bavaria) which was liberated by the Americans.
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