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Son of Allen and Jeanie L. Connell, of Bolton, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell
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From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Source: Globe and Mail, February 27, 1942
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Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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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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Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant William Paterson Connell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Edmonton Bulletin February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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