Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert Ernest MacBride
In memory of:
Group Captain Robert Ernest MacBride
July 29, 1963
Landstuhl, Germany
Military Service
20362
43
Air Force
No. 2 (Fighter) Wing
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Distinguished Flying Cross, Canadian Forces Decoration, Mention in Dispatches, Operational Wings and Bar, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal,
Canadian Forces Decoration
Distinguished Flying Cross
Additional Information
August 5, 1919
Lindsay, New Brunswick
January 15, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Son of Douglas Monteith and Eva Viola (nee Trafford) MacBride of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Husband of Mary Alice Katherine (nee McLean) MacBride and father of Michael, John, Joanne, Judith MacBride of Woodstock, New Brunswick.
Commemorated on Page 120 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Section 7 Row G Grave 9
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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Grave marker – Photo by Malcolm Cromarty. -
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Cemetery – Choloy Cemetery-France.
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