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Military service
Service number:
B/103120
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Birth:
January 12, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 1, 1942
Brantford, Ontario
Death:
June 8, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 9.
Additional information
Son of George and Alice Morritt; husband of Laura (Huston)Morritt, of Newmarket, Ontario. Brother of Edward, George, Jack, Ross and Phyllis.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal (1939-45); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Digital gallery of Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
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Wedding Photo
Gordon Alfred Morritt and Laura Huston on their Wedding Day in New Market, Ontario. They are on the left. photo from Ross Morritt (brother of Gordon). -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
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 Morritt
Gordon Morritt Another brave young life taken. -
Memorial
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
Digital gallery of
Private Gordon Alfred Morritt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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