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Charles Garnett Wilde

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Charles Garnett Wilde

July 3, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/85433

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

420 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Harry Milton Wilde and Mabel Lillian Wilde of Richmound, Saskatchewan.

Brother of Aircraftman 1st Class Richard Nelson Wilde, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 124 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 13. Row 3. Grave 48.

Location:

Amersfoort is a town lying 50 kilometres south-east of Amsterdam, and 22 kilometres north-east of Utrecht. The Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery is about 2.5 kilometres from the railway station, in an area known as Oud Leusden. The graves are in a special plot, well sited among trees.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Charles Garnett Wilde– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Charles Garnett Wilde– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.
  • Charles's brother– Photo of Richard Wilde, Charles's brother.  Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Garnett Wilde is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Garnett Wilde is also 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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