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Desmond Ewart Bradford

In memory of:

Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford

May 31, 1940

Military Service

Service Number:

72791

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Engineers

Additional Information

Son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 11 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

Column 20.

Location:

The Dunkirk Memorial stands at the entrance to the British War Graves Section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, which lies at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The Dunkirk Memorial commemorates more than 4,500 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Philip Hepworth. The engraved glass panel depicting the evacuation was created by John Hutton.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of DESMOND EWART BRADFORD– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of DESMOND EWART BRADFORD – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Plaque– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.

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    Plaque
    Plaque – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.
  • Stained Glass Window– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.

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    Stained Glass Window
    Stained Glass Window – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2311 Lieutenant Desmond Ewart Bradford (RMC 1933) was the son of Edmund E. and Alice Marguerite Bradford, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Engineers. He died on May 31, 1940. His name is listed on column 20 of the Dunkirk Memorial, in Nord, France.

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