Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lionel Harry Williams
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Lionel Harry Williams
October 2, 1942
Military Service
R/122012
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of David John and Ethel Laura Williams, of Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada.
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
NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands
Plot 1. Coll. grave 16.
The town of Noordwijk is 32 kilometres north-north-east of The Hague and about 7 kilometres west of the main road from The Hague to Haarlem. The NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is a little to the west of Noordwijk on the outskirts of the coastal village of Noordwijk-Aan-Zee. The British Plot is situated in abelt of trees overlooking the remainder of the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of LIONEL HARRY WILLIAMS – From back to front: Melwyn, Lionel and Leslie. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of LIONEL HARRY WILLIAMS – Back row, 4th from left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of LIONEL HARRY WILLIAMS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of LIONEL HARRY WILLIAMS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – 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 a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Lionel Williams – Williams, Lionel Harry - Flight Sergeant. Born 30th December, 1917, at Medicine Hat, Alta. Educated at Calgary, Alta., and Ladysmith, B.C. Entered the service of the Bank 26th May, 1938. Served at branches in British Columbia. Enlisted 21st July, 1941, from Oliver in R.C.A.F. Sergeant 31st January, 1942; Flight Sergeant in August, 1942. Trained at Edmonton and Calgary, Alta., Winnipeg, and Fingal, Ont. Overseas in February, 1942. Posthumously awarded by Chief of Air Staff R.C.A.F. Operational Wing for gallant services in action against the enemy. Missing after air attack on Krefeld, Germany, on 2nd October, 1942. Officially presumed dead 25th September, 1943. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lionel Harry Williams is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lionel Harry Williams 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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