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Military service
Service number:
R/191011
Age:
21
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
March 7, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 1. B. 13-14.
Additional information
Son of James Humphrey and Sarah Amelia (née Russell) Baird, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Nelson was engaged to Peggy Gallimor (née Warren). Brother of Flight Sergeant Gordon Baird, deceased 16 July 1942, Charlie, and Cecil Baird of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Warrant Officer Baird was born on 14 December 1923 at Shoal Lake, Manitoba where his family has mounted a plaque to commemorate he and his brother Gordon.
Mrs Sarah Baird, his mother, unveiled the plaque which was mounted at the Knox United Church in Winnipeg on which Nelson and his brother Gordon are commemorated.
Nelson, the youngest of the Baird brothers, was burned very badly at the age of 4, receiving 3rd degree burns to 50% of his body. He was hospitalized for 14 months and as a teenager couldn't raise his arm above his shoulder. He tried to enlist in the Army but was turned down. He was later accepted into the Royal Canadian Air Force. Nelson was the runner up YoYo Champion of Manitoba at the age of 17. Warrant Officer Baird was honoured by the Province of Manitoba on February 28, 1995 when Baird Island in Northern Manitoba was named for him.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Nelson Baird
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Commemorative Name Certificate
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Photo of the Baird Family
Back row (left to right): Charlie, Cecil, Gordon. Front row: Sarah (mother), Jim (father), Nelson. -
Grave Marker
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Monument
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Photo of NELSON GEORGE BAIRD
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NELSON GEORGE BAIRD
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Nelson George Baird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 493 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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