Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Roland Gillies Shannon
In memory of:
Flying Officer George Roland Gillies Shannon
June 17, 1944
Military Service
J/29581
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
426 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Commemorated on Page 440 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY
Netherlands
Plot 69. Row A. Coll. grave 1.
The AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY is in the south-eastern district of Amsterdam on the road to Hilversum and is easily reached by public transport. The British plots are in the south-eastern portion of the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of GEORGE ROLAND GILLIES SHANNON – PHhoto from service file -
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Photo – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GEORGE ROLAND GILLIES SHANNON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GEORGE ROLAND GILLIES SHANNON – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of George Roland Gillies Shannon – Roland Shannon attended South Collegiate and enlisted as soon as he graduated in June 1942. He trained as a Navigator and in the United Kingdom joined #426 Thunderbird Squadron. His Halifax bomber returning from a raid on Sterkrade, Germany on the night of June 17, 1944 when it crashed into the North Sea. -
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Memorial – Flying Officer George Roland Gillies Shannon is 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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Memorial – Flying Officer George Roland Gillies Shannon is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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