Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Glenn Edward Opie
In memory of:
Sergeant Glenn Edward Opie
October 4, 1944
Badsey, Worchestershire, England
Military Service
R/208669
19
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
82 Operational Training Unit
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
November 4, 1924
Port Arthur, Ontario
December 10, 1942
Port Arthur, Ontario
Son of Franklin William and Alma Marie Rose (nee Spooner) Opie, of Port Arthur, Ontario. Brother of Thomas, Theodore, Valerie and Carol Anne.
Commemorated on Page 408 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
55. E. 5.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
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 – Sergeant Glenn Edward Opie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Sergeant Glenn Edward Opie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of GLENN EDWARD OPIE – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GLENN EDWARD OPIE – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Glenn Opie – Sgt. WAG Glenn Opie, RCAF, killed in action over England. Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - "Stairway of Honour" project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour. -
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