Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lawrence Melville Horahan
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Lawrence Melville Horahan
April 17, 1943
Military Service
R/127784
23
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
420 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Miles and Edna Horahan, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary Lovetta Horahan, of Toronto.
Commemorated on Page 172 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Belgium
Joint grave 4. F. 6-7.
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lawrence Melville Horahan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lawrence Melville Horahan 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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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1943, May 25 p 17 Lawrence Horahan was employed in civilian life by the TTC in Motor Traffic as a ticket clerk. (source "Coupler" 1998 online)
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