Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Bernard Brophy
In memory of:
Lieutenant John Bernard Brophy
December 24, 1916
England
Military Service
Age:
22
Force:
Air Force
Unit:
Royal Flying Corps
Division:
2nd Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of J. B. Brophy, C.E., and Ella Brophy, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
Cemetery:
GAINSBOROUGH GENERAL CEMETERY
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference:
B. 195.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave Marker – The restored headstones of Canadian RFC officers Lt. John Bernard "Don" Brophy and Lt. James Arthur Menzies. Restored by Trent Valley Academy and the Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries in 2011. -
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Photo of JOHN BERNARD BROPHY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Honour Roll – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
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Grave marker – Headstone of John Bernard Brophy in Gainsborough General Cemetery, Lincolnshire. Heastone states ¿Canadian Engineers & RFC Killed when flying on duty at Kirton Lindsay" -
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Newspaper Clipping – Lt. John Bernard Brophy is mentioned in this newspaper article regarding deaths in the Royal Flying Corps of men from Ottawa, Ontario. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Page 1 of the Dec. 26, 1916 Ottawa Evening Journal. -
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Roll of honour – Lisgar Collegiate honour roll -
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Roll of honour – Lisgar Collegiate yearbook 1919 -
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War Diary – His WWI diary as an airman was reproduced as a book. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Legion Magazine, gravestone renovation
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