Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON (photo added)
| Rank | Serjeant |
| Forenames | SIDNEY |
| Surname | NORTON (photo added) |
| Initials | S |
| Place of Birth |
NORWICH, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM
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| Date of Birth | Friday, 08 March 1912 |
| Date of Death | Saturday, 17 June 1944 |
| Age | 32 |
| Nationality |
British
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| Residence or Entered Service From | IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Service Number | 407545 | Force |
British Army
|
| Service/Corps/Regiment | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 24 Lancers (8th Armoured Brigade) |
| Military Honours and Awards | 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal |
| Place of Burial/Commemoration |
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Roll of honour |
| Grave/Memorial Location | XIV. K. 24. |
| Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
| Epitaph | |
| Family Details | SON OF CHARLES AND VESTAL NORTON; HUSBAND OF IVY ELIZABETH NORTON, AND FATHER OF BARRY NORTON, OF IPSWICH, SUFFOLK. |
Additional Information
SIDNEY NORTON enlisted into the Army on 19th March 1934. His first regiment was 2 Dragoon Guards (Queen Bays), before being tranferred to 17/21 Lancers. In 1940 he was tranferred to 24 Lancers.
Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON, on his wedding day, April 1942.
Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON, his wife Ivy, and son Barry Norton,
taken in 1944, about a month before he was Killed in Normandy.
Lee and Shaun Norton, Grandsons of Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON
at Bayeux War Cemetery in 1986.
References |
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| 1. | Additonal Information and photographs, unless otherwise credited have been kindly provided by Shaun Norton, grandson of Serjeant Sidney Norton. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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| Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
| Cross marker photograph: | Shaun Norton, Grandson of Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON. |
| Individual photograph: | Shaun Norton, Grandson of Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON. |
| Additional photographs provided by: | Shaun Norton, Grandson of Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON and Carl Shilleto. |
| Additional information provided by: | Shaun Norton, Grandson of Serjeant SIDNEY NORTON. |
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What other people have said
Shaun Norton
Lest We Forget Grandad on the 73rd Anniversary of your Death posted whilst in the Bayeux war Cemetery Normandy
On Saturday, June 17, 2017Shaun Norton
Remembering you Grandad this Armistice Day on the 11th hour of the 11 th day of the 11 month 2016 Lest We Forget
On Friday, November 11, 2016Shaun Norton
72 years have passed today "Never Forgotten" grandad RIP
On Thursday, June 16, 2016Wayne
I read your entry in the book at the cemetery, and then found your father on this website, I hope that you dont mind but it just seemed to touch myself and my wife very much. We will never forgot what your father has given us.
On Thursday, August 20, 2015shaun norton
Gone but not forgotten Grandad
On Thursday, July 10, 2014Mabe Tweedie
Thankyou. I have no idea what sort of a world we would be living in i. God Bless all who fought against a true evil
On Thursday, July 10, 2014