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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.

Embert Cecil Brown
Private
Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
F/39853
Eric Alm
Private
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
M/106030
Eric James Hayes
Lance Sergeant
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
B/56433
Eric John Maclellan
Private
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
M/106228
Ernest Cummings
Private
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
B/79104
Ernest Loof
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
E/57710
Ernest Melville Miller
Lance Bombardier
Royal Canadian Artillery
P/9434
Ernest Murray Sharpe
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
H/76065
Ernest Solloway Catherwood
Major
Westminster Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
Ervin Blair Fulton
Private
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
F/79786
Evan Fox
Lance Corporal
Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
D/110/60
Forbes Thoburn McIntosh
Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Canadian Artillery
Ford James Stevens
Bombardier
Royal Canadian Artillery
C/108
Francis Davidson Cooper
Sapper
Royal Canadian Engineers
A/63170
Francis Mclaughlin Larkin
Lance Corporal
Cape Breton Highlanders, R.C.I.C
F/40782
Francis Nadjiwan
Private
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.
B/68948
Frank Adolphus Biggs
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
D/10826
Frank Lloyd Larabee
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
D/18231
Frank Louis Tibbetts
Trooper
British Columbia Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
K/24
Frank Rufus Sheepwash
Sapper
Royal Canadian Engineers
B/5998
Frédéric Chandonnet
Private
Royal 22e Régiment, R.C.I.C.
D/140008

 

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