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Brown, Norman Arlo

Date of death:
August 14th, 1944
Buried on:
Canadian War Cemetery Bretteville-sur-Laize
Plot: XVIII. Row: F. Grave: 5.
Service number:
CDN/541
Nationality:
Canadian (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

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War Diary mentions

11 August 1944 WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment
A & B Coys edging into orchard LA SALIERE GRANDE 6829, 1 S Lan R still held up before pt 272. LA SALIERE Gde heavily mined and booby-trapped, and during the evening Lt. Ellison was killed in a minefd, and Lt Brown received injuries from which he afterwards died. The area of the RAP, 665295, had been persistently shelled all the afternoon, and B Coy lost all its SB’s during the attack, which made evacuation of cas difficult, as no axis for vehs existed.

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