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Military service
Age:
33
Rank:
Honourary Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Chaplain Service
Birth:
August 13, 1910
Peterbourough, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 1, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. C. 1.
Additional information
Son of George C. and Florence M. Brown, of Orillia, Ontario. Chaplain 4th Class, B.A., L. Th.
Digital gallery of Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
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Remembrance Day Ceremonies
The Remembrance Day ceremonies this year at Huron will be particularly poignant as they mark the return to the College of the field communion kit of Capt The Rev Walter Brown. An alumnus of Huron, Fr. Brown was the only allied chaplain executed by the enemy during WWII. Fr. Brown landed on D-Day at Juno beach but was captured on June 8th and summarily executed by the SS (Kurt Meyer's unit). This kit was found by Huron alumnus, Christopher McCreery and is the actual communion kit that Fr. Brown carried with him during the war. -
Photo of Walter Brown
Chaplain Brown killed WW2. Source: UWO newsletter online 2006 -
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) -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial Stained Glass
Beechwood National Military Cemetery Hall of Colours Military Chaplains stained glass window -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Honourary Captain Water Leslie Brown is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Honourary Captain Water Leslie Brown is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Keys
Set of Keys found in a box of tools purchased at a garage sale.
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
Digital gallery of
Honourary Captain Walter Leslie Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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