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Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas WW2 HQ

Countries: Canada

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This Headquarters provided central support to some 85,000 Canadian personnel who 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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Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas WW2 HQ

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Royal Canadian Air Force - WW2 HQ, building

This plaque is on the building.

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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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J. E. Stanley Lewis

J. E. Stanley Lewis

Born in Ottawa.  Ottawa's longest serving mayor, 1936 to 1948.  The photo shows him in 1946 the year of the planting of the tree that he gifted but we don't think he was at the event.

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Canada

1 memorial
Hugh Card Brown

Hugh Card Brown

Pilot Officer Hugh Card Brown was born on 22 October 1919 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, the eldest son and fifth of the seven children of Hugh Brown Brown (1885-1973) and Zina Young Brown née Card ...

Person, Canada, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Yvonne Green

Yvonne Green

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Person, Emergency Services, Canada

War dead non-military, WW2
2 memorials
Field Marshall Earl Alexander of Tunis

Field Marshall Earl Alexander of Tunis

Military commander. Born London of Anglo-Irish descent. Served in both world wars. A keen artist (painter and sculptor) as well as a excellent sportsman. We note this because these two attributes a...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Canada

1 memorial
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Born Arthur William Patrick Albert, the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria. Created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex in 1874. Entered the Royal Military Academy at Woo...

Person, Armed Forces, Royalty, Canada, Ireland

11 memorials

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J. Matthews
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard H. Krienner

Richard H. Krienner

On east side of St John's Waterloo monument.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Michele Latour

Michele Latour

Our colleague Andrew Behan: reports a marriage between Michele Latour and a Patrick P. Folan in the first quarter of 1978 in Islington. Guardian, 1 July 1999: Workmen found a body at the site of t...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sidney Webb

Sidney Webb

WC2, Cranbourn Street, 37

Placed 13 July 1995.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Henry Williamson

Henry Williamson

Writer. Born at 66 Braxfield Road, Brockley. His best known work, 'Tarka the Otter' was published in 1927. He attended the Nuremberg rally in Berlin and saw Adolf Hitler as a source of good for his...

Person, Literature, Germany

1 memorial