Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Brown Richardson
In memory of:
Trooper John Brown Richardson
July 25, 1944
In the field
Military Service
K/38122
24
Army
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
6th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
January 18, 1920
Ayrshire, Scotland
August 3, 1940
Trail, British Columbia
Son of Robert and Ann Gillies Richardson, of Rossland, British Columbia. Husband of Dallas A. Richardson, of Kenora, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 19, Column 2.
The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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