Concerning the fierce battle on the Mariabaan: The sherman commanded by Lance Sergeant Aldege Tessier was holed by German antitankfire, and he and Guardsman Robert Parent were killed. Guardsman Robert Parent was first buried in a field grave at the junction of Velodreef, Nolsebaan and Schelpheuvelstraat in Essen (Belgium) and then reburied in the Canadian cemetery of Bergen op Zoom.

* source: Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign, Mark Zuehlke