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Military service
Service number:
B/63938
Age:
35
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 6, 1908
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 18, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of William and Matilda Worthington, of Toronto Ontario; husband of Alice B. Worthington, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Frederick William Worthington
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Photo of Frederick William Worthington
Rifleman Worthington enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 when the Regiment was mobilized for overseas service. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. Rifleman Worthington was in Baker Company and was one of their many fatalities when they landed at Bernières-sur-mer (Juno Beach) in the first wave on D-Day. -
Newspaper article
This newspaper article on Rifleman Worthington stated that he had been wounded and survived D-Day. In fact, the initial report was in error and he died of his wounds on June 6, 1944. This article was obtained by Mrs. Josie McQuade from a Toronto paper in 1944 and preserved by her till the present. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 483 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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