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Arthur William Aird

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Arthur William Aird

May 23, 1918

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

209th Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of William and Isabella Aird, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 582 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 2, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y152uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Second Lieutenant Aird's regimental number was 332908 while serving with the C.E.F.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of June 2, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y152uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. Note that Second Lieutenant Aird's regimental number was 332908 while serving with the C.E.F.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y165uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of June 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y165uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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