Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Harold Murfitt
In memory of:
Lieutenant Harold Murfitt
July 1, 1944
Southgate, England
Military Service
32
Army
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
November 11, 1911
Renishaw, Derbyshire, England
July 4, 1941
Brockville, Ontario
Son of Joseph Gibbons Murfitt, and of Lucy Ann Murfitt, of Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England. Husband of Dorothy Sarah Murfitt (nee Jones). Father of Michael David Murfitt of Southgate, who was killed in the same incident.
Commemorated on Page 401 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SOUTHGATE CEMETERY
Middlesex, United Kingdom
Sec. HA. Grave 406.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Document – Excerpt from Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders regimental history by Lt.-Col W. Boss. In the tragedy written of in this history they say that Murfitt's daughter was killed in this bombing while the war grave websites say that it was his son that perished.
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