Private PIMM, LAWRENCE VIRGEL Service Number M/56529 Died 06/12/1943 Aged 29 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Son of Fred Charlie and Anna Pimm; husband of Clara Marie Pimm, of Primate, Saskatchewan. INSCRIPTION BORN AT LACOMBE, ALBERTA. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND LAWRENCE. GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST Casualty Buried at MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Number of casualties: 1563 Cemetery/memorial reference: XI. F. 16.
Was that from here? Lawrence Virgel Pimm - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada That cutting is there as well as photo of headstone.
In the early morning hours of 6 December, a three-pronged attack began, including the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. Only the PPCLI made headway, winning Villa Rogatti on the left flank. When engineers were unable to erect a bridge across the Moro to enable tanks to support the PPCLI, a withdrawal was ordered. It took until 9 December for the Canadians to win a firm bridgehead. The expectation was that a quick advance around the flank of Ortona, a port and fishing town on the Adriatic Sea, would follow. There was no expectation that the Germans would make a stand at Ortona.
