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Gordon Reginald Grattan

In memory of:

Flying Officer Gordon Reginald Grattan

May 11, 1940
Netherlands

Military Service


Service Number:

39728

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

110 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

May 29, 1916
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 603 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KAGGEVINNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

Grave 2.

Location:

KAGGEVINNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 31 km east of Leuven on the N2 a road which connects Leuven to Diest. From the Grote Markt in Diest take the Sint Jan Berchmanstraat leading directly away from the Stadhuis up to the one way system of Diest. Take the first right into the Leuvensestraat and travel 400 M to a main set of traffic lights. At this junction turn right onto the Delphine Alenuslaan (N10). Follow the road for 350 M and turn left into the small Bredestraat. The cemetery is 1.9 km along this road on the right hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram February 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Headstone of Gordon Reginald Grattan. Provided by Padre Phil Miller, Branch 25, Royal Canadian Legion, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We Will Remember Them.

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