Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Charles Thomas Hartley
In memory of:
Flying Officer Charles Thomas Hartley
April 11, 1944
Military Service
J/26313
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of Wesley Herbert and Emma Hartley, of Edmonton, Alberta. Husband of Billie Hartley.
Commemorated on Page 329 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
DAVENESCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme, France
Row 1. Grave 3.
Davenescourt is a village 30 kilometres south-east of Amiens and about 7 kilometres north-north-east of Montdidier, a town on the N35 road from Amiens to Paris. The DAVENESCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY is nearly 1 kilometre south-east of the village on the road to Fignieres and Montdidier.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Charles Thomas Hartley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Charles Thomas Hartley 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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Photo of CHARLES THOMAS HARTLEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHARLES THOMAS HARTLEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHARLES THOMAS HARTLEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHARLES THOMAS HARTLEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHARLES THOMAS HARTLEY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Id card – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Bulletin April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Charles Thomas Hartley -
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Photo – F/O Charles T. Hartley J/26313, KIA April 11, 1944, showed an early affinity for aviation when he built this rakish pursuit aircraft in his parents' backyard in Edmonton. -
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Group Photo – Charlie's air crew, Charlie third from left. -
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Cemetery – The gravestones of the four men killed near Davenscourt, France. -
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Grave Marker – Indeed, treasured in memory by his childhood sweetheart and wife, Billie. -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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