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Military service
Service number:
W/3106
Age:
24
Rank:
Wren
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
Birth:
July 13, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 2, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 28, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
M. 4. Grave V.
Additional information
Daughter of Arthur Hamilton Britton and Marjorie Florence Britton, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
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Grave Marker
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 7 reads: "Wren Dorothy Florence Britton WRCNS HMCS York. Former student Trinity College, Arts, 1939-41. Died as a result of an accident in Toronto, Ontario, 28 March 1945. Buried in St. John's York Mills Churchyard, Toronto, Ontario." -
Memorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "Wren D.F. BRITTON W.R.C.N.S." is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "DOROTHY F. BRITTON" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial Scroll
This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. The scroll shows icons to indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '30 Auld, G.E. -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper notice of Dorothy's death, Vancouver Province. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 29th 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Dorothy Florence Britton
more high-resolution photos of WREN Britton's headstone are available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zkOVkq8a7KwlpLMfQb25B_ZFvlTbURqx
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
Digital gallery of
Wren Dorothy Florence Britton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 498 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YORK MILLS (ST. JOHN'S) CHURCHYARD Ontario, Canada
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