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Lieutenant Colonel RUSSEL HUBERT BRITTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

I. E. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Charles E. and Marian Britton, of Gananoque, Ontario; husband of Julia Bernice Gordon (formerly Britton), of 37, Londsale Rd., Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription AS GOLD IN THE FURNACE HATH HE TRIED THEM AND RECEIVED THEM AS A BURNT OFFERING
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