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Military service
Service number:
B/19536
Age:
32
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
March 28, 1912
Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
June 2, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of Ellen Brown of England. Husband of Edna Brown of Roches Point, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Corporal Gilbert Brown
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & 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) -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gilbert Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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