Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ralph Hay Emerson
In memory of:
Flying Officer Ralph Hay Emerson
December 26, 1944
Military Service
J/27577
29
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of Malcolm and Ethel Emerson; husband of Eleanor Irene Emerson, of Markham, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Belgium
12. E. 9.
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Ralph Hay Emerson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Ralph Hay Emerson is also commemorated 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 -
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Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Ralph Emerson – In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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