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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.

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Paul William Newman Corfe
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Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Peter Joseph Gracie
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Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
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Peter Rushowic
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Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
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Pierre-Paul Caron
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Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
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Ralph Bower Fountain
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Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Ralph Enslie MacIntyre
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Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
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Raoul Jacques
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
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Raoul Paquet
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
E/101615
Reginald Ernest Bent
Private
48th Highlanders of Canada
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Rene Langlois
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
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Richard Douglas Blaine
Lance Corporal
Royal Canadian Engineers
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Richard Dudley Bright
Captain
Royal Canadian Artillery
17
Richard John Williams
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
H/76005
Robert Arthur Stewart
Private
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
B/135601
Robert Charles Clark
Corporal
Royal Canadian Engineers
M/10979
Robert Ernest Hallett
Lance Corporal
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
H/21140
Robert Gordon Jarvis
Private
48th Highlanders of Canada
B/150026
Robert Harris
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The Royal Canadian Regiment
A/50368
Robert Joseph Marchand
Trooper
British Columbia Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
A/117061
Robert Oliver Marquis
Warrant Officer Class II
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
A/11025

 

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