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Canadian personnel who served and died in WW2

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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.

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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...

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Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, Tree, 1998

Canadian Maple (Acer Saccharum). This tree was planted by the Rt. Honourable...

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Robert Porter Cooper

Robert Porter Cooper

Passenger killed in the Handley Page V/1500 air-crash. Robert Porter Cooper was born on 5 September 1881 in Hammond, Russell, Ontario, Canada, the eldest of the six children of William Cooper (183...

Person, Tragedy, Canada, Ireland

1 memorial
Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph

Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph

Field Marshal.  Born Dublin.  Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...

Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland

1 memorial
Harold Laski

Harold Laski

Born Harold Joseph Laski at Smedley House, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. His mother's maiden name was Frankenstein. He lectured at universities in Canada and America. Returning to Britain he became Pr...

Person, Education, Philosophy, Politics & Administration, Canada, USA

1 memorial
Yvonne Green

Yvonne Green

Born in Canada and married to a Canadian army officer. Living at 34 Old Church Street. A part-time Auxiliary Fire Service driver. One of five fire-watchers killed as the night bombs fell on Chelsea...

Person, Emergency Services, Canada

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

Born Quebec, Canada. Prime Minister of Canada in 1993-2003.

Person, Politics & Administration, Canada

2 memorials

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Ensign Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

Ensign Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

From our Picture Source we learn that Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment was born on 11 November 1917 at Tortefontaine, Pas-de-Calais, France, the second of the three daughters of Charles Eugène Cyrill...

Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
The Duchess of Duke Street

The Duchess of Duke Street

BBC television series, loosely based on the career of Rosa Lewis. It starred Gemma Jones as Louise Trotter and Christopher Cazenove as her nephew.

Event, TV & Radio

1 memorial
W. T. Smale

W. T. Smale

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Upper North Street School WW1 bomb - memorial

Upper North Street School WW1 bomb - memorial

E14, East India Dock Road, Poplar Recreation Ground

From IBHB: "Unveiled by Major General Ashmore who commanded the London Air Defence Area which was established largely in response to this...

Civilian war dead | WW1
21 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
London Troops memorial plaque - Fulham

London Troops memorial plaque - Fulham

SW6, Putney Bridge Approach, Vicarage Gardens

We recognised this as a flat version of the monument at the Royal Exchange and were pleased to find an explanation of how it came to be, ...

War dead | WW1, WW2
319 subjects commemorated, 4 creators