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William Edwin Nightingale

In memory of:

Flying Officer William Edwin Nightingale

March 8, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

J/41139

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of William Hall Dodds Nightingale and Lottie Nightingale, of Kingswear, Devon.

Commemorated on Page 550 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

1. A. 7.

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer William Edwin Nightingale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer William Edwin Nightingale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer William Edwin Nightingale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer William Edwin Nightingale is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of WILLIAM EDWIN NIGHTINGALE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of WILLIAM EDWIN NIGHTINGALE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WILLIAM EDWIN NIGHTINGALE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of WILLIAM EDWIN NIGHTINGALE
    Photo of WILLIAM EDWIN NIGHTINGALE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Memorial stone erected in the village of Chanteheux, France

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    Memorial – Memorial stone erected in the village of Chanteheux, France
  • Grave Marker– The grave monument for Flying Officer William Edwin NIGHTINGALE in Choloy Cemetery (Plot: Section 1-Row A-Grave 7). Note "The Cross Of Sacrifice" that stands in this cemetery--in the background.

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    Grave Marker – The grave monument for Flying Officer William Edwin NIGHTINGALE in Choloy Cemetery (Plot: Section 1-Row A-Grave 7). Note "The Cross Of Sacrifice" that stands in this cemetery--in the background.
  • Cemetery– Choloy War Cemetery-France. (Photograph from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).

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    Cemetery – Choloy War Cemetery-France. (Photograph from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission).

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