85,000 Canadian personnel served in 48 RCAF Squadrons and with numerous RAF units. In all, 14,455 Canadian airmen made the supreme sacrifice while serving overseas.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Canadian personnel who served and died in WW2
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Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, monument
This monument is in Lincoln's Inn Square garden, opposite the building at num...
Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1998
Canadian Maple (Acer Saccharum). This tree was planted by the Rt. Honourable...
Other Subjects
Boris Karloff
Actor. Born as William Henry Pratt at the house with the plaque. His acting career began in the theatre in Canada, where he adopted his stage name. Arriving in Hollywood he appeared in dozens of si...
Person, Cinema, Seriously Famous, Theatre, TV & Radio, Canada, USA
1 memorial
Frederick Austin
Flight Sergeant Frederick Carleton Austin was born on 22 August 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, the younger child of Captain John Buchanan Austin (1886-1918) and Erminie Idah Buchanan née Calvin (189...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Captain James Cook
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map Newfoundland, explored around Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and made the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. K...
Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand
9 memorials
John Richard Archer
Political activist. Born at 3 Blake Street, Liverpool. He travelled the world as a seaman, living in Canada and the USA, before eventually settling in Battersea, where he opened a photographic stud...
Person, Photography, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Canada, USA
2 memorials
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
This company operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and several American states.
1 memorial