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Jack Tritt

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Jack Tritt

November 16, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/66697

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

425 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Gerald and Sarah Tritt, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 120 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY
Essex, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot R. Grave 12267.

Location:

Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery is north of the town's northern by-pass (the A1159) and east of the railway line heading for Rochford.

Historical Information
This cemetery contains 127 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 152 burials of the 1939-45 war, including 1 unidentified seaman of the Merchant Navy. In addition there are 4 Foreign National war burials here. There are 2 small Screen Wall memorial panels naming those of the 1914-1918 war whose graves are not marked by headstones.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of JACK TRITT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of JACK TRITT
    Photo of JACK TRITT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter of recommendation
    Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter of recommendation
    Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter of recommendation
    Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper (1)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper (1) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper (2)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper (2) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Jack Tritt– In training.

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    Photo of Jack Tritt – In training.
  • Service Record– Service record, obtained from National Archives.

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    Service Record
    Service Record – Service record, obtained from National Archives.
  • Photo of Jack Tritt– Jack Tritt is honoured on page 78 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

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    Photo of Jack Tritt
    Photo of Jack Tritt – Jack Tritt is honoured on page 78 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. 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

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Gravestone of Jack Tritt– Grave of Flt. Sgt. Jack Tritt, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Taken on August 5, 2000. He is buried with the rest of the crew of Wellington bomber serial no. BJ 894, No. 425 (Alouette) Squadron, RCAF.

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    Gravestone of Jack Tritt
    Gravestone of Jack Tritt – Grave of Flt. Sgt. Jack Tritt, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Taken on August 5, 2000. He is buried with the rest of the crew of Wellington bomber serial no. BJ 894, No. 425 (Alouette) Squadron, RCAF.
  • Epitaph for Jack Tritt– Grave of Flt. Sgt. Jack Tritt, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Taken on August 5, 2000. He is buried with the rest of the crew of Wellington bomber serial no. BJ 894, No. 425 (Alouette) Squadron, RCAF.

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    Epitaph for Jack Tritt
    Epitaph for Jack Tritt – Grave of Flt. Sgt. Jack Tritt, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Taken on August 5, 2000. He is buried with the rest of the crew of Wellington bomber serial no. BJ 894, No. 425 (Alouette) Squadron, RCAF.
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Jack Tritt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Jack Tritt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Jack Tritt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Jack Tritt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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