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Private Murray Earl Leighton

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Military service

Service number: F/89746
Age: 21
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
Death: September 8, 1944

Burial/memorial information

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: I, F, 10.
Additional information
Son of Harry Emmerson Leighton and Lillian Beatrice Leighton, of Wentworth Creek, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 363 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRADARA WAR CEMETERY Italy

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town.

The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Kenneth Edgar Smith
Trooper
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.
C/40082
Kenneth Mcghee Harrison
Captain
Princess Louise Fusiliers, R.C.I.C.
Kenneth Peachey
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
B/54752
Kenneth Peter Morrison
Trooper
Governor General's Horse Guards, R.C.A.C.
H/103516
Kenneth Stanley Beckner
Sergeant
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
A/1933
Kenneth William Knowlan
Private
Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
G/17360
Laurits Peter Jensen
Lance Bombardier
Royal Canadian Artillery
M/3844
Lawrence John MacDonald
Lance Corporal
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
C/4182
Lenard Wilfred Meryle Barclay
Trooper
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
C/101720
Leon Joseph Roy
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
B/145337
Leonard Donald McDonough
Private
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
D/175572
Leonard Langlois
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
E/10309
Leonard Pickering
Fusilier
Princess Louise Fusiliers, R.C.I.C.
H45746
Leslie Edward Carr
Private
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
L/104580
Leslie Evan Kramer
Private
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
B/46993
Leslie George Smith
Sapper
Royal Canadian Engineers
L/41145
Leslie Ranschaert
Trooper
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
L/106610
Lionel Arseneault
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
E/49483
Lionel Pelletier
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
D/14534
Llewellyn Edwin Eaton
Trooper
Governor General's Horse Guards, R.C.A.C.
L/41860
Lloyd George Horlock
Private
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
B/17452

 

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