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Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving

In memory of:

Wing Commander Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving

May 8, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

40201

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division:

98 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross

Additional Information

Son of Comdr. Henry Beattie Bell-Irving, R.C.N.V.R., and Anne Hilda Bell-Irving, of Whonock, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 607 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 6 Row G. Coll. grave 3-5.

Location:

The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne, about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. On reaching Abbeville from Boulogne on the N1 at the roundabout, take the right turn immediately before Boulogne Road direction. A CWGC direction sign is on site. Enter the ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY by the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • 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– Wing Commander Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Wing Commander Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Wing Commander Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Wing Commander Roderick Keith Faulkner Bell-Irving is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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