Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Maurice Vernon Frankton
In memory of:
Lance Bombardier Maurice Vernon Frankton
May 23, 1945
Military Service
B/22078
38
Army
Royal Canadian Artillery
1 Survey Regt.
Additional Information
Son of Maurice and Maria Frankton; husband of Doris Frankton, of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 515 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands
Plot 2. Row A. Grave 21.
Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave marker – Grave marker from Maurice Vernon's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands. -
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Photo of Maurice Vernon Frankton – Lance Bombardier Maurice Vernon Frankton -
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Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, 7 juin 1945, page 16 -
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Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, June 7, 1945, page 16 -
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Newspaper clipping – Photo of his father joining the army in WWI, In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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