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Military service
Service number:
M/30869
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Birth:
October 7, 1919
Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
August 17, 1940
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. E. 16.
Additional information
Son of Leonard and Ethel Branton, of Sunnybrooke, Alberta.
Brother of Rifleman Ronald Branton, who died while serving with the Regina Rifle Regiment.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Gordon Branton
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of GORDON BRANTON
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Circumstances of death
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Telegram
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Artifact
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Gordon Branton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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