In memory of

Gunner

Lindsay Gordon Ford

who died on 14 Aug 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Artillery
  Rank Gunner
  Service number L26404
  Date of death 19440814
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  L26404 Gunner (13 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery) Lindsay Gordon Ford (b.1912) of Paynton was KIA 19440814 in Operation Tractable during the push to Falaise and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. He was the son of Percy Melville and Edith Ford. Lindsay was farming with his family whenhe enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 470 - Paynton
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Paynton
  Geo-memorial Ford Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 53.2333°N / 108.65°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73F2
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Edam.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19120124
  Place of birth Paynton    
  Date of enlistment 19410514
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Paynton    
  Occupation farmer
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