{"id":10788,"date":"2026-08-19T14:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/?post_type=nproject&#038;p=10788"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:20:28","slug":"james-leonard-townson","status":"publish","type":"nproject","link":"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/fr\/submissions\/james-leonard-townson\/","title":{"rendered":"James Leonard Townson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/James-L.-Townson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10786\" style=\"width:373px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/James-L.-Townson.jpg 585w, https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/James-L.-Townson-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le sergent James Leonard Townson s\u2019est embarqu\u00e9 pour l\u2019\u00e9tranger en septembre 1942 avec le 48e r\u00e9giment des Highlanders du Canada. Il a d\u2019abord servi en Italie en tant que \u00ab D-Day Dodger \u00bb, puis a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 au combat lors de l\u2019op\u00e9ration CANNONSHOT, qui comprenait la lib\u00e9ration d\u2019Apeldoorn, aux Pays-Bas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 le 13 avril 1945, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 25 ans, juste au nord-est de la ville de Twello, deux jours apr\u00e8s avoir obtenu le grade de sergent; il occupait le poste de sergent de peloton du peloton des Universal Carrier au moment de son d\u00e9c\u00e8s. 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