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Gordon Perkins

In memory of:

Trooper Gordon Perkins

August 15, 1944
In the field

Military Service

Service Number:

A/619

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information

Born:

March 30, 1922
Galt, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 29, 1941
London, Ontario

Son of Ralph and Edith Perkins from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 415 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 MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Niagara Falls Evening Review November 14th 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Niagara Falls Evening Review November 14th 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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