Military service
Service number:
F/60339
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 18, 1924
Crapuad, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
January 1, 1940
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
May 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 17.
Additional information
Son of Harry V. and Hazel V. Norton, of Bedford, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Murray Norton
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Photo of Ernest Murray Norton
Photo of Ernest Murray Norton – Photo submitted by On The War Memorial Trail research project -
Photo of Ernest Norton
Ernest Norton, then of the PEI Highlanders, in Newfoundland about 1941. -
Photo of Ernest Murray Norton
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Group Photo
Ernest Norton (seated) and a friend. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Geoff Wood. -
Grave marker
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Borden War Memorial
This war memorial is located in Borden, Prince Edward Island. -
Inscription
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Inscription
Private ERNEST MURRAY NORTON was killed in Italy on May 20, 1944 and is buried at CASSINO WAR CEMETERY. There is an inscription to his memory on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Crapaud, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Murray Norton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 406 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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