Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Beaumont Brown
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant William Beaumont Brown
March 27, 1942
Military Service
J/5227
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
408 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Allsop Brown and Mary Charlotte Beaumont Brown, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 61 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom
Panel 99.
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."
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – 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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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant William Beaumont Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant William Beaumont Brown is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of WILLIAM BEAUMONT BROWN – 18 January 1942 408 Canadian Bomber Squadron. Pilot Officer W.B. Brown, from Victoria, B.C., pilot in 408 R.C.A.F, Bomber Squadron, in front of a Hampden, Pilot Officer Brown succeeded in bringing back, on one engine, their Hampden Bomber. When on a raid over Germany, the bomb doors failed to open on 2 runs over the target in intense AA fire. After abandoning the target, the bomb doors suddenly opened. The bombs were dropped and after passing through another heavy barrage of AA fire, one engine ceased to operate. The aircraft was brought home over 300 miles on one engine and a good landing made on reaching base. -
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Photo of WILLIAM BEAUMONT BROWN – 18 January 1942 408 Canadian Bomber Squadron. Pilot Officer W.B. Brown, from Victoria, B.C., pilot of a Hampden bomber in the UK. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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