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Gordon Magowan Brown

In memory of:

Lieutenant Gordon Magowan Brown

July 30, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/132

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lancashire Fusiliers

Division:

2nd / 5th

Additional Information


Born:

August 4, 1922
Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 5, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Gordon M. Brown was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of George Alexander Brown and Margaret Ann Brown, of Humber Bay, Ontario, Canada..

Commemorated on Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RYES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 7.

Location:

Leave Bayeux on the D12 to the east; at the village of Sommervieu carry straight on, following the D112, and after 3 kilometres turn right on to the D87. After climbing round a bend to the left, the cemetery will be found on the left hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. 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– "Deaths on Active Service" - newspaper column.

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