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Frank Murray Cole

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Frank Murray Cole

August 3, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/118109

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

100 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Sidney M. and Harriet Eleanor Cole, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 147 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot D. Row 13. Grave 3.

Location:

Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, is some 15 kilometres from the mainland. Nes is the largest of the four villages on Ameland. The AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY is about 700 metres east of Nes, on the road to Buren. The British plot is in a prominent position immediately left of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Frank Murray Cole is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Frank Murray Cole is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Frank Murray Cole is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Frank Murray Cole 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • 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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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands Lancaster ED688 took part in the following Key Operations: As HW-A2, Dortmund 23/24May43; Dusseldorf 25/26May43; As HW-N, Dusseldorf 11/12Jun43; As HW-A, Bochum 12/13Jun43; Oberhausen 14/15Jun43; Cologne 3/4Jul43; Turin 12/13Jul43; Hamburg 24/25Jul43; Hamburg 27/28Jul43; Hamburg 2/3Aug43-Lost when shot down by a night-fighter crashing off the Dutch Frisian Islands. Sgt Cole is buried on Ameland in Nes General Cemetery; the others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. (from //lostbombers.co.uk)

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands Lancaster ED688 took part in the following Key Operations: As HW-A2, Dortmund 23/24May43; Dusseldorf 25/26May43; As HW-N, Dusseldorf 11/12Jun43; As HW-A, Bochum 12/13Jun43; Oberhausen 14/15Jun43; Cologne 3/4Jul43; Turin 12/13Jul43; Hamburg 24/25Jul43; Hamburg 27/28Jul43; Hamburg 2/3Aug43-Lost when shot down by a night-fighter crashing off the Dutch Frisian Islands. Sgt Cole is buried on Ameland in Nes General Cemetery; the others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. (from //lostbombers.co.uk)
  • Cemetery– Nes General Hospital, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands)

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    Cemetery – Nes General Hospital, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands)

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