Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Richard Ellwood Talman
In memory of:
Sergeant Richard Ellwood Talman
May 26, 1943
Military Service
R/123539
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
426 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Marion Hobart Talman and Annie Marguerite Talman, of Fertile, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Belgium
X. 16. 16.
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere. Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Sergeant Richard Ellwood Talman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Sergeant Richard Ellwood Talman 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 – Dishforth, UK. May 1943 right before Talman was KIA. -
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Group Photo – Talman with his Uncle in UK, both from Fertile, Saskatchewan. -
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Group Photo – Richard "Spud" Talman, Jack Stokes, Lawrence Ford, Lloyd "Red" Lafoy, Murray "Tupp" Tupper. Dishforth, UK with 426 Thunderbird Squadron. 1943. Talman would be KIA as a 2nd Dickie (pilot) training to take out his crew on a bombing run in the Happy Valley. -
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Group Photo – Richard "Spud" Talman holding C.R Jones (pilot), goofing around in 1943, -
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Group Photo – Murray "Tupp" Tupper and Richard "Spud" Talman, UK. -
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