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Unique ID: 2463 Added to Database: 17 March 2014 Last Edited: 18 March 2014 Type (ID): M4A2 (76) HVSS Sherman (1364) Model (ID): M4A2 (76) HVSS (1364) Location Category (ID): York Cemetery (8260) Location (ID): Memorial (8262) Serial Number: 65070?: “65070”? stamped into right rear tow lug. Registration: Name: Other Identification: “(G)E8643 D725 L0”? cast into transmission cover underside. “45” on blue/green square unit insignia painted on right of transmission cover and left hull rear. Red insignia (probably Canadian maple leaf) painted on left of transmission cover and right hull rear. “CENTRAL COMMAND” and castle insignia in red shield just visible under paintwork on right of glacis. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: General Motors - Fisher Body Division, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan, USA (Sole manufacturer early 1945) 2: York Cemetery, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Current location) Text in original Preserved American Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved American Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Canada publication: This Sherman is displayed on a concrete pad in a corner of the cemetery. It has a plaque fixed to the left hull side that reads: 1939     1945 THIS IS A MEMORIAL TO THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S HORSE GUARDS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II. “THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD: AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.” A plaque fixed on a rock in front of the tank reads: SHERMAN TANK USED BY THE CANADIAN ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II

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August 2008 1: Front right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9422 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020373... Views: 105 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Front view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9423 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020371... Views: 137 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		3: Front left view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9424 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020390... Views: 101 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
4: Front left view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9425 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020391... Views: 68 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		5: Front left view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9426 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020394... Views: 73 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		6: Left view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9427 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020398... Views: 91 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
7: Rear view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9428 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020376... Views: 100 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		8: Rear right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9429 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020375... Views: 100 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		9: Right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9430 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020411... Views: 96 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
10: Front right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9431 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020406... Views: 74 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		11: Front right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9432 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020372... Views: 62 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		12: Upper front right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9433 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020413... Views: 98 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
13: Upper left view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9434 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020415... Views: 108 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		14: Upper rear right view Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9435 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020418... Views: 92 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		15: Memorial plaque Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9436 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020404... Views: 95 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
16: Close-up of memorial plaque Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9437 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020389... Views: 86 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		17: Turret and glacis Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9438 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020402... Views: 93 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		18: Old markings visible through paintwork on glacis Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9439 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020401... Views: 104 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
19: Close-up of left suspension Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9440 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020400... Views: 105 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		20: Close-up of serial number Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9441 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020380... Views: 100 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		21: Memorial stone Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9442 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020405... Views: 85 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
22: Overview Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9443 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020421... Views: 88 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		23: Overview Taken: 23 August 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 9444 Added: 17 March 2014 Filename: P1020369... Views: 70 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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