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Military service
Service number:
B/63500
Age:
51
Rank:
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I)
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 11, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. I. 8.
Additional information
Son of John and Harriet Alexander, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Ethel Harriet Alexander, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
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Memorial Plaque
Plaque erected in the sanctuary of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Broadview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Memorial Chimes were also dedicated "In memory of those of our number who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in World War II, 1939-1945." -
Obituary
This obituary of RSM Alexander was obtained by Mrs. Josie McQuade from a Toronto newspaper in 1943. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Regimental Sergeant Major Alexander's gravemarker in England in 1997. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 13 September 1943. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
Digital gallery of
Regimental Sergeant Major (WO.I) Gordon Ross Alexander
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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