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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
703727
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
June 13, 1879
Enlistment:
February 16, 1916
Prince Rubert, British Columbia
Death:
November 21, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Gilbert and Amelia Burrington. Husband of Marianne E. Burrington, of Epsom, Surrey, England.
Brother of Private Harley Burrington who died on July 23, 1915, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Gilbert Burrington
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Roll of Honour
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of GILBERT BURRINGTON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burrington
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burrington
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burrington
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Burrington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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