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Jack Kenneth Burden

In memory of:

Private Jack Kenneth Burden

July 29, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

B/131111

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

April 15, 1922
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 10, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Fred and Louise Burden of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Lillian Mave Jose Burden, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 262 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

IV. F. 7.

Location:

The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town, on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. Bayeux is an ancient and historic town of Normandy. Its cathedral was the seat of Bishop Odon, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who took part in the invasion of England; and in it is the tomb of an English soldier of the Hundred Years' War. Bayeux was the first French town of importance to be liberated from the Germans in June 1944. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial to 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Jack K. Burden– Private Jack K. Burden
June 1943  Age 21.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Gravemarker– Good-night, Brave Heart, Good-night
Bayeux War Cemetery, France

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