Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gordon Magowan Brown
In memory of:
Lieutenant Gordon Magowan Brown
July 30, 1944
In the field, France
Military Service
CDN/132
21
Army
Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd / 5th
Additional Information
August 4, 1922
Windsor, Ontario
May 5, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Gordon M. Brown was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of George Alexander Brown and Margaret Ann Brown, of Humber Bay, Ontario, Canada..
Commemorated on Page 260 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
RYES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
II. B. 7.
Leave Bayeux on the D12 to the east; at the village of Sommervieu carry straight on, following the D112, and after 3 kilometres turn right on to the D87. After climbing round a bend to the left, the cemetery will be found on the left hand side.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – "Deaths on Active Service" - newspaper column.
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