Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George David Wills Buchanan
In memory of:
Flying Officer George David Wills Buchanan
June 13, 1944
Military Service
J/39007
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Additional Information
Son of William and Sarah Buchanan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 261 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
49. J. 4.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
-
Details
Cemetery – View looking towards the crash site on the tree line beyond the boundary of the churchyard -
Details
Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Memorial – Flying Officer George David Willis Buchanan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Memorial – Flying Officer George David Willis Buchanan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Photo of GEORGE DAVID WILLS BUCHANAN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Photo of GEORGE DAVID WILLS BUCHANAN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Photo of George Buchanan – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Details
Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Western Technical School – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Details
Memorial – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Details
Memorial – Memorial to the crew of the crashed Wellington bomber in the churchyard of St John the Baptist’s Church, Mayfield near Ashbourne -
Details
Grave marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale Symmonds
Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.
- Date modified: