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Ralph Lonsdale

In memory of:

Flying Officer Ralph Lonsdale

October 6, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

412242

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Division:

149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Herbert and Clara Lonsdale (nee Webster), of Essondale, British Columbia. Flying Officer Lonsdale is commemorated on the City of Port Coquitlam Cenotaph, located in Veterans Park in front of City Hall, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 606 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MAIDSTONE CEMETERY
Kent, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot C.C.1. Grave 135.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Ralph Lonsdale
  • Newspaper Clipping– Information recently acquired from Ralphs squadron history. A brave young man indeed.
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ralph Lonsdale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ralph Lonsdale 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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Province December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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