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Son of John H. Williston and Katherine MacLeod Williston, of Sydney, Nova Scotia. His brother Albert Williston had also served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on January 21, 1944.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
From a collection of newspaper clippings (album), donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Bernard Croak VC branch 003 by Shirley (Terrio) Green in memory of her mother Olive (Newell) Terrio.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney
This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston.
[stained glass window/vitrail]
[The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]
HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS
F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON
GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON
[sign/panneau]
Bethel
Presbyterian
Church
MINISTER
Rev. ROBERT LYLE, B.A.M.Div.
SUNDAY SERVICES
DIVINE WORSHIP 11 A.M. - 7 P.M.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9.45 A.M.
WEDNESDAY 7.30 P.M.
PRAYER MEETING
Everyone Welcome
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6394
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Stained Glass Window – Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From a collection of newspaper clippings (album), donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Bernard Croak VC branch 003 by Shirley (Terrio) Green in memory of her mother Olive (Newell) Terrio.
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Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON [sign/panneau] Bethel Presbyterian Church MINISTER Rev. ROBERT LYLE, B.A.M.Div. SUNDAY SERVICES DIVINE WORSHIP 11 A.M. - 7 P.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9.45 A.M. WEDNESDAY 7.30 P.M. PRAYER MEETING Everyone Welcome http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6394
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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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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Stained Glass Window – Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON
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Page 227 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."
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