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Leonard Frank Brittan

In memory of:

Corporal Leonard Frank Brittan

September 30, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

678537

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

September 13, 1891
Burton-on-Trent, England

Son of Horace Joseph and Ann Brittan, of Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 374 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 5.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 879 of 906

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 879 of 906
  • Memorial Tablets– World War One and Two Bronze Memorial Tablets, Church of the Ascension (Anglican, 1850), Hamilton, Ontario. Inscribed: "To the Glory of God and in proud and grateful remembrance of the following men of the Church of the Ascension who fell on Active Service in the War against Germany and her Allies.

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    Memorial Tablets
    Memorial Tablets – World War One and Two Bronze Memorial Tablets, Church of the Ascension (Anglican, 1850), Hamilton, Ontario. Inscribed: "To the Glory of God and in proud and grateful remembrance of the following men of the Church of the Ascension who fell on Active Service in the War against Germany and her Allies.
  • World War I Memorial Tablet

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    World War I Memorial Tablet
    World War I Memorial Tablet
  • Church of the Ascension– Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ontario, clockwise from top right: World War One Memorial (1927); an image of the church circa 1910; present church interior; and Hamilton's XIIIth Regimental crest in stained glass.

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    Church of the Ascension
    Church of the Ascension – Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ontario, clockwise from top right: World War One Memorial (1927); an image of the church circa 1910; present church interior; and Hamilton's XIIIth Regimental crest in stained glass.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England.

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