Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Percy Hornby Coates
In memory of:
Flying Officer Percy Hornby Coates
September 4, 1943
Military Service
J/11566
26
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Thomas and Edith Coates; husband of Charlotte F. Coates, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 147 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany
7. J. 23.
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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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 – Flying Officer Percy Hornby Coates is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Percy Hornby Coates is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave Marker – PERCY HORNBY COATES, ED755, Berlin war CEMETERY. All the boys of ED755 died together and are buried together. My great uncle was Robert Mckeag. I have visited the boys for the last 3 years over rememberance Sunday -
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Photo of PERCY HORNBY COATES – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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