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William Nelson Munro Peden

In memory of:

Sergeant William Nelson Munro Peden

October 13, 1944
Cloverdale, Manitoba

Military Service

Service Number:

R/80475

Age:

36

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#18 Service Flying Training School

Additional Information

Son of Robert and Marion W. Peden, of Rossburn, Manitoba; husband of Viola Peden, of Gimli, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 414 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Lot 1972.

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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