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John Askey Quick

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Askey Quick

August 6, 1941

Military Service

Service Number:

J/4108

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of John Askey Quick and Florence Elizabeth Quick, of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 42 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4121.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– A clipping from the Province newspaper dated 9 August 1941 reporting the death of John Quick. Source: University of British Columbia (UBC) Library Archives Scrap Book No. 26.

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    Newspaper clipping – A clipping from the Province newspaper dated 9 August 1941 reporting the death of John Quick. Source: University of British Columbia (UBC) Library Archives Scrap Book No. 26.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Askey Quick is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer John Askey Quick is 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– Pilot Officer John Askey Quick is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer John Askey Quick is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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    Grave marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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