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Canadian personnel who served and died in WW2

Countries: Canada

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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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Kenny Wheeler

Kenny Wheeler

Trumpet and flugelhorn player. Born Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler in Toronto. He moved to Britain in 1952. He made his name playing in groups with Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth and Tubby Hayes. He wa...

Person, Music / songs, Canada

1 memorial
Mark Gavin Ludvigsen

Mark Gavin Ludvigsen

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Mark Gavin Ludvigsen was born on 12 May 1969 in Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of Karl an...

Person, Tragedy, Canada, USA

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
Philip Henry Gosse

Philip Henry Gosse

Zoologist.  Born Worcester.  1827 sailed to Newfoundland where his interest in entomology began.  He also travelled to Alabama and Jamaica studying the local natural sciences, returning to London i...

Person, Religion, Science, Canada, Jamaica, USA

1 memorial
General John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne

Army officer, politician and playwright. Born at Park Prospect, Westminster. He entered the army in 1740 and in the Seven Years War he captured Valencia de Alcantara. During the Saratoga Campaign i...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Canada, Ireland, Spain, USA

1 memorial