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Military service
Service number:
2167A
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
July 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
52. D. 4.
Additional information
Son of William and Vera Britland; husband of Nona Pauline Britland, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Brother of Sergeant Lionel Poston Britland who died on September 21, 1941, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Douglas Britland
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Photo of George Britland
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Letter
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Letter
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Document
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Document
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Document
From Library and Archives, Ottawa. September 2014 -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant George Douglas Britland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant George Douglas Britland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Douglas Britland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 258 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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