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William Keith Raby

In memory of:

Flying Officer William Keith Raby

April 27, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/26614

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

78 (R.A.F.). Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of William and Mary Raby, husband of Anne I. L. Raby, of Port Hope, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CLICHY NORTHERN CEMETERY
Hauts-de-Seine, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 16. Row 15. Grave 15.

Location:

Clichy is a town adjoining the northern boundary of Paris. The Cemetery lies between the Town Hall and the River Seine and is entered from the Rue General Roger. The British Plot is in the southern quarter of the Cemetery under the south boundary wall. Clichy is best reached from central Paris by taking the Metro from the Gare St. Lazare to Port de Clichy Station, which is near Clichy Town Hall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer William Keith Raby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer William Keith Raby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of WILLIAM KEITH RABY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WILLIAM KEITH RABY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WILLIAM KEITH RABY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of William Raby– In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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