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Military service
Service number:
B/6274
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 15.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John William Gritton
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Rifleman John William Gritton is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John William Gritton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 323 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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