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Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
W B Ernst is remembered in the Globe and Mail death notice of his twin sister 'Nan' Ross on February 13, 2007. Ann Dorothea and William Burton Ernest b. Bridgewater NS, children of the Honourablle William G Ernest and Dorothea Popplestone. "The twins joined the R.C.A.F. in WW2. Billy did not survive the war." [Runnymede image VAC]
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Members of Parliament Canada. ERNST, The Hon. William Gordon, P.C.
Date of Birth 1897.10.18 Place of Birth: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada Deceased Date 1939.07.12 (41 years old) Occupation: Barrister Political Affiliation: Conservative (1867-1942) (1925.10.29 - ) Minister Fisheries
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Attestation papers (back).
Library and Archives Canada, online
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Burton Ernst
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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W B Ernst is remembered in the Globe and Mail death notice of his twin sister 'Nan' Ross on February 13, 2007. Ann Dorothea and William Burton Ernest b. Bridgewater NS, children of the Honourablle William G Ernest and Dorothea Popplestone. "The twins joined the R.C.A.F. in WW2. Billy did not survive the war." [Runnymede image VAC]
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Members of Parliament Canada. ERNST, The Hon. William Gordon, P.C. Date of Birth 1897.10.18 Place of Birth: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada Deceased Date 1939.07.12 (41 years old) Occupation: Barrister Political Affiliation: Conservative (1867-1942) (1925.10.29 - ) Minister Fisheries
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Attestation papers (back). Library and Archives Canada, online
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer William Burton Ernst is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 301 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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