Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial

Dunnville, Ontario
Type
Other

This memorial was dedicated by the No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum in July 2004, to the 47 men who lost their lives while training at No. 6 Service Flying Training School. The 10th Anniversary, July 3, 2009, saw the first dedication of 85 memorial bricks, four memorial benches, stones with the lists of names of those lost at Hagersville and Jarvis bases, and a rededication of the entire memorial.

Each year the ceremony includes the dedication of new memorial bricks and the rededication of the memorial. This large monument is situated on what was the parade grounds when No. 6 was an operational base. Flowers and coloured stones are shaped in the form of the Royal Canadian Air Force Crest. The top portion is shaped like a crown, in the center of the circle is a Harvard on a pedestal with the number 47 on it to signify the number of men who lost their lives while training at this base. The maple leaf is in red stone, the white portions on the sides and towards the bottom are white stones with flowers.

Memorial bricks on each side of the memorial are being placed for those who did not serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force, including members of the No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum. The main circle is surrounded by a stone walkway and inside this circle, memorial bricks are being placed for the Veterans who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

There are four donated memorial benches at the bottom of the walkway. The flags each signify a country of the men who trained at No. 6 Service Flying Training School (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and England) as well as, the Royal Canadian Air Force flag.

Inscription

[Hagersville stone/pierre d'Hagersville]

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. HAGERSVILLE ONT.

A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN WAS DEDICATED
IN 1941 AND SERVED AS A TWIN AND
SINGLE ENGINE PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL.

THE 16 AIRMEN NAMED ON THE PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING AT THIS SCHOOL.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF

  • LAC F.R. COOK
  • LAC G.H. McLURE
  • LAC H.W.H. PARTLOW
  • LAC J.N. FORST
  • LAC O.K. NICKERSON
  • P/O J. CASKIE
  • LAC L.C. JONES
  • LAC R.B. STEELMAN
  • LAC G.B. TAYLOR
  • LAC H.J. LEE
  • LAC F.V. STEPHENS
  • LAC SMILEY
  • F/L S.G.N. GROVE
  • SGT H.G.R. DRAKE
  • F/L J.H. CHANDLER
  • LAC T.O.C. POUYAT (RAF)

LEST WE FORGET

[Dunville stone/pierre de Dunnville]

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE

1940 - 1944

THIS MEMORIAL IS IN RECOGNITION OF
ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AT NO. 6 S.F.T.S.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES WHILE STATIONED AT THIS BASE

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

  • F/O BALDWIN, JESSE
  • LAC BENNIMAN, DONALD
  • LAC BILKEY, JAMES
  • LAC BLAIR, FREDERICK
  • LAC CONNORS, HERBERT
  • LAC DAVIDSON, ROBERT
  • W.O.1 DEAN, LLOYD
  • F/L DUNSTAN, ARTHUR
  • LAC FLEMING, MARSHALL
  • LAC GOUGH, CHARLES
  • LAC GUELICH, ALLISON
  • W.O.1 HERRON, MARVIN
  • LAC KENDALL, CLYDE
  • W.O.2 KIRK, NORMAN
  • P/O KLINTWORTH, RICHARD
  • W.O.1 LAWRENCE, ARTHUR
  • LAC MOORE, SYDNEY
  • P/O MCINTYRE, JAMES
  • LAC MCMARTIN, JOHN
  • F/O NAISMITH, ROSS
  • LAC O'CONNOR, PATRICK
  • LAC PANTING, REGINALD
  • F/SGT PATERSON, JOHN
  • ROYAL R/O PENN, LLOYD
  • SGT POMEROY, GEORGE
  • LAC POSTLEWAITE, GEORGE
  • P/O QUINN, DOUGLAS
  • P/O ROY, WILLIAM
  • AC2 SCHARF, LYALL
  • P/O SCHATZ, SANFORD
  • LAC SCHWARTZ, FRANK
  • LAC STEVENS, ROBERT
  • LAC STEWART, HAROLD
  • SGT STRICKLAND, PETER
  • LAC TAYLOR, WILLIAM
  • LAC TIBBETTS, WILMOT

ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC  SMITH, WILLIAM
LAC  TENNIAN, JOHN

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
LAC  GREEN, STANTON
LAC  HAWORTH, JOHN
LAC  RANKIN, ALASTAIR
LAC  WILLIS, ALEXANDER
LAC  WOOD, NOEL

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
SGT  ANDERSON, CLARENCE
F/SGT  EVANS, BRIAN
P/O  LEIGH, KENNETH

LEST WE FORGET
NO. 6 RCAF DUNNVILLE MUSEUM 1999 INC.
JULY 4, 2004

[Jarvis stone/pierre de Jarvis]

NO. 1 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. JARVIS

WAS A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN, THE 39 MEN NAMED ON THIS PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING AT JARVIS

IN REMEMBRANCE OF

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

  • F/O E.J. BOUNDS
  • LAC J.A.W. BOYD
  • LAC G.C. BURKE
  • LAC H. BURNEP
  • AC2 P.J. DEERBANK
  • CPL W.C. DOAN
  • LAC J.S.W. GRAY
  • P/O J.H. GREEN
  • SGT F.J. HAWKE
  • LAC A.R. HAYES
  • LAC J.A. HOLGATE
  • LAC F.E. INNES
  • SGT G.R. JACKSON
  • LAC J.H. KEARNEY
  • LAC R.W.G. KILLICK
  • LAC W.M. KIRKBY
  • LAC J.A. LeFURGEY
  • SGT R.N. McCRANK
  • AC2 I.B. MOREHOUSE
  • F/O E.B. NORBURY
  • F/O T.H. PERLEY-MARTIN
  • F/O M.B. POOLE
  • LAC A.C. REED
  • LAC H.P. SAMUEL
  • LAC S. SCHWARTZ
  • LAC J.A. SMITH
  • F/S G.R. TROUTBECK
  • LAC G.N. WINFIELD

ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC F.G. BARBER
LAC G.C. BEST
SGT N. WADE
LAC R. WALLER
LAC J.S. WILLIAMS

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
LAC R. McNABB
P/O K. SLATER
LAC C. TAGGART
F/S J.B. WATTS

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
SGT J.W. WHITEHEAD

CIVILIAN - HARRY BULLOCK

LEST WE FORGET

Location
Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial

536 Port Maitland Road
Dunnville
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.8785539
Long. -79.586584

Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial

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Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial

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Hagersville Stone

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Jarvis Stone

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Dunnville Stone

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