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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Gordon Lawrence King

In memory of:

Flying Officer Gordon Lawrence King

May 11, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/13949

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

13 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Stanley Herman King and Mabel Essa King; husband of Aileen Lucille King, of Milton West, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 352 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

X. A. 14.

Location:

The SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY lies in the Contrada Sentinelle in the Commune of Torino di Sangro, Province of Chieti, and forms a wide arc on the slope of a hill facing south-east. The SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY is reached by the main road (Route No.16) from Pescara. Travel for approximately 55 kilometres as far as San Vito and then by Route No.16. Just after crossing the Sangro River and 50 metres before the station of Torino di Sangro, a narrow road on the right leads up a steep hill to the Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of GORDON LAWRENCE KING– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of GORDON LAWRENCE KING– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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