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William Maurice Popplestone

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone

March 26, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/80033

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

114 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. R. J. Wallace, of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Nephew of Mrs. C. J. Zimmerrman, of Pilot Mound.

Commemorated on Page 107 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot E. Row 1. Grave 3.

Location:

Harlingen, a town and port on the seaboard of the Waddenzee 38 kilometres west of Leeuwarden and 28 kilometres north-west of Sneek, is the port for the Frisian Islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. The HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the town, about 1 kilometre from the station. The British plot is to the left of the main path in the south-western part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of WILLIAM MAURICE POPPLESTONE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of WILLIAM MAURICE POPPLESTONE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone is 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

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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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

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    Cemetery – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker

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    Grave Marker – Grave marker
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. Two Blenheims were lost on this operation. Z7307 was airborne 2140 from West Raynham for an Intruder sortie over Soesterberg Airfield. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 2357 into the Waddenzee N of Wieringen, Holland. F/S (P) W.M.Popplestone and P/O (AG) C. E. White, RAF, are buried in the Harlingen General Cemetery. P/O W. G. F. Hawkins has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands. Two Blenheims were lost on this operation. Z7307 was airborne 2140 from West Raynham for an Intruder sortie over Soesterberg Airfield. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 2357 into the Waddenzee N of Wieringen, Holland. F/S (P) W.M.Popplestone and P/O (AG) C. E. White, RAF, are buried in the Harlingen General Cemetery. P/O W. G. F. Hawkins has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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