IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
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ADEGEM CANADIAN War Cemetery (Oost Vlaanderen Belgium)
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| Simon Amable
Pate KIA 27/10/1944 Simon was born in River Bourgeois, Cape Breton Canada on Dec.5 1913, the oldest son of Charles and Alexina LeBlanc Pate. He was enlisted in Sydney Nova Scotia on Feb.12 1943. After completing basic training he passed advanced training in rifle,LMG (land mine grenades), grenades 36&39 as well as mortar gun and smoke. His campaign medals include the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp. For Don Pottie, River Bourgeois, Can. |
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| Gnr Peter Jameson Craigen 08/10/1944 aged 23 | |
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Alfred Joseph Green 20/09/1940 aged 31 Alfred RAFVR, 2nd Pilot in Wellington IC T2463 of 75 Squadron which crashed on 19/09/1940 around 23 hours at a spot inside the present Oostende Airport perimeter. Five crew were initially buried in the nearby churchyard at Leffinge, their collective grave (left photo) being transferred to Adegem in 1957. P/O Michael Braun managed to bale out over Leffinge but was severely wounded by ground fire and died in Oostende Municipal hospital in the ensuing hours. He rests in Oostende New Communal cemetery. For Michael Green, his son, here in his arms in 1939 |
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| P/O Michael Henry Grayson Rawlinson 16/05/1940 aged 22 | |
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the text about P/O Rawlinson are not free of copyright . They are property of Mr D. Van den Broucke and can not be used for any usage. The webmaster thanks Mr Van den Broucke for his permission to use them. |
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| Cpl Gordon Boutilier 11/10/1944 aged
24 for his cousin John Cole (Nova Scotia) |
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| Sgt Reginald Ernest Horne 19/09/1944
aged 30 Honoured on his family stone in Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Canada |
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| Cpl Robert Wilson Ellenwood MM 14/09/1944 aged 42 | |
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| Sgt William Henry Clendinning MM 14/09/1944 aged 35 | |
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| Pte Hector Harry Vervaeke 12/09/1944
aged 31 Prior to his enlistment, he was employed by the Henry Slater Lumber Coy. He left a wife, May (nee Walker) and a daughter, Helen. Hector died of wounds received near the Leopold Canal and the Schipdonk Canal in Maldegem unfortunately by friendly fire of the R.A.F. (a targeting error). for his relative Frank Mahieu (Belgium) |
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| May, Helen and Hector in Hagersville where they lived. | |
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| Rfm Clifford Howard Baxter 12/10/1944
aged 28 He had previously been wounded on D-Day. Left, Clifford's former grave visited in 1946. His brother Pte Donald Baxter died on 06/08/1944 aged 24 and is buried in Beny-sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery. for Shirley Stone |
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IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.
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Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations
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