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Harold Robert Joseph Yerdon

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Harold Robert Joseph Yerdon

October 25, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/207939

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

431 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Joseph and Pearl Yerdon; husband of Mildred Yerdon, of Accrington.

Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.

Commemorated on Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY
Lancashire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. D. Plot K. Grave 326.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of HAROLD ROBERT JOSEPH YERDON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HAROLD ROBERT JOSEPH YERDON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HAROLD ROBERT JOSEPH YERDON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Wedding photo– Harold Yerdon and Mildred Cotter on their wedding day, 7 October 1944. This was just 18 days before Harold died in a training accident.
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Harold Robert Joseph Yerdon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Harold Robert Joseph Yerdon 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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