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Edward Wilson Foxlee

In memory of:

Sergeant Edward Wilson Foxlee

August 29, 1941

Military Service

Service Number:

R/58084

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

214 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

April 26, 1921

Son of Harold Royson and Olive Mary (nee Bunyon) Foxlee, of Robson, British Columbia. His brother, Flying Officer William Royson Foxlee, RAF, also died in service.

Commemorated on Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row B. Grave 1.

Location:

The port of Flushing is on the south coast of the island of Walcheren in the Schelde Estuary. It is about 7 kilometres south of Middelburg and 58 kilometres west of Bergen-op-Zoom. The FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre north of the town centre.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Edward Wilson Foxlee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Edward Wilson Foxlee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Edward Wilson Foxlee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Edward Wilson Foxlee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • 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 – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo– Photo of the crash site at the Ravensoordpolder, Sint Maartensdijk, on the Dutch Island Tholen (Zeeland, The Netherlands). His Airplane was struc by lightning at Approx 22.40 lt when he was enroute to Mannheim.

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    Photo – Photo of the crash site at the Ravensoordpolder, Sint Maartensdijk, on the Dutch Island Tholen (Zeeland, The Netherlands). His Airplane was struc by lightning at Approx 22.40 lt when he was enroute to Mannheim.
  • Photo– Photo of the crash site at the Ravensoordpolder, Sint Maartensdijk, on the Dutch Island Tholen (Zeeland, The Netherlands). His Airplane was struc by lightning at Approx 22.40 lt when he was enroute to Mannheim.

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    Photo – Photo of the crash site at the Ravensoordpolder, Sint Maartensdijk, on the Dutch Island Tholen (Zeeland, The Netherlands). His Airplane was struc by lightning at Approx 22.40 lt when he was enroute to Mannheim.
  • 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
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by Pieter Schlebaum, The Netherlands.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo provided by Pieter Schlebaum, The Netherlands.

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