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Maurice Vernon Frankton

In memory of:

Lance Bombardier Maurice Vernon Frankton

May 23, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

B/22078

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

1 Survey Regt.

Additional Information

Son of Maurice and Maria Frankton; husband of Doris Frankton, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 515 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 21.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Grave marker from Maurice Vernon's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.

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    Grave marker – Grave marker from Maurice Vernon's grave at Bergen General Cemetery, The Netherlands.
  • Photo of Maurice Vernon Frankton– Lance Bombardier Maurice Vernon Frankton

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    Photo of Maurice Vernon Frankton – Lance Bombardier Maurice Vernon Frankton
  • Newspaper Clipping– The Toronto Star, 7 juin 1945, page 16

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    Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, 7 juin 1945, page 16
  • Newspaper Clipping– The Toronto Star, June 7, 1945, page 16

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    Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, June 7, 1945, page 16
  • Newspaper clipping– Photo of his father joining the army in WWI, In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – Photo of his father joining the army in WWI, In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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