Profile image
Military service
Service number:
B/64213
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 21, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 21, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 10.
Additional information
Son of Harry and Lena Morrison of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Opal Morrison of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
-
Photo of George Wilfred Morrison
Lance Sergeant Morrison enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles upon the Regiment's mobilization in June 1940. He served as an NCO in Charlie Company in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and then with Baker Company in England. He was killed on D-Day at Bernières-sur-mer on Juno Beach (Nan White sector). -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of Lance Sergeant Morrison's gravemarker during a visit to France in June 1997. -
Obituary
This obituary of Lance-Sergeant Morrison was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant George Wilfred Morrison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.