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Sydney Brown

In memory of:

Flying Officer Sydney Brown

April 15, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/15744

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

August 4, 1918
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 14, 1940
North Bay, Ontario

Son of Abraham and Leah Brown, of North Bay, Ontario.

Brother of Private Zave Brown who died on March 9, 1945, while serving with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.

Commemorated on Page 140 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MESNIL-ST. LAURENT CHURCHYARD
Aisne, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Mesnil-St. Laurent is a village and commune some 3 miles (5 kilometres) south-east of St. Quentin on the D.12 road from that town to Ribemont. The nearest railway station is St. Quentin, which has good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns in northern France. Taxis are available to supplement the bus service to Mesnil-St. Laurent, which is poor. In the churchyard, in the south-western corner, are the graves of two airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Sydney Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Sydney Brown 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
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Obituary– Sydney Brown is honoured on page 10 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
  • Photo of Sydney Brown– 'In Memory of Uncle Sydney Brown'.
Photo submitted on behalf of Howard Fluxgold and Julie Amourgis,
by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of Sydney Brown– Sydney Brown in England with the inscription "Taken in my room March 15/42"
  • Photo of Sydney Brown
  • Group Photo– Sydney Brown and unidentified friends in England
  • Group Photo– Sydney Brown and unidentified friend in England
  • Grave Marker– Uncle Sydney Brown of the 420 Snowy Owl Squadron is buried in Mesnil St. Laurent France where he was shot down returning from a mission to Stuttgart. Photo submitted on behalf of Howard Fluxgold and Julie Amourgis.

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