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Alister Godfrey Cumming

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Navigator (Bomber) Alister Godfrey Cumming

November 6, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/87313

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Alexander and Alice Margaret Cumming, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 67 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cotes-d'Armor, France

Grave Reference:

Plot H. Row A. Grave 12.

Location:

St. Brieuc is the chief town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of the Cotes-du-Nord. It lies 64 kilometres west of Dinard (Ille et Vilaine). The ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY is 2 kilometres from the railway station, between the road to Brest and the road to the local aerodrome.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALISTER GODFREY CUMMING– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ALISTER GODFREY CUMMING – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALISTER GODFREY CUMMING– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ALISTER GODFREY CUMMING – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter of recommendation
    Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Navigator (Bomber) Alister Godfrey Cumming is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Navigator (Bomber) Alister Godfrey Cumming 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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Navigator (Bomber) Alister Godfrey Cumming is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Navigator (Bomber) Alister Godfrey Cumming is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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