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Gerald Barclay Snow

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Barclay Snow

June 3, 1941

Military Service


Service Number:

C/982

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Walter B. Snow and Alice M. Snow, of Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 45 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec 50 Lot 105 N.E.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of GERALD BARCLAY SNOW– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of GERALD BARCLAY SNOW– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Royal Military College Memorial window, class of 1938

#2486 College Sergeant Major Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC' 1935-39)
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Memorial window at Royal Military College of Canada
  • Memorial Stained Glass– 2486 F/L Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC 1935) was the son of Walter B. Snow and Alice M. Snow, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on June 3, 1941 at 24 years of age. He was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario Sec 50 lot 105 N.E. Photograph and details by volunteer/s: CWGC Archive
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2486 Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC 1935) was the son of Walter B. Snow and Alice M. Snow, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on June 3, 1941 at 24 years of age. He was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario Sec 50 lot 105 N.E.
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2486 Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC 1935) was the son of Walter B. Snow and Alice M. Snow, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on June 3, 1941 at 24 years of age. He was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario Sec 50 lot 105 N.E.
  • Memorial Plaque– St Matthew's Anglican Church Ottawa
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2486 Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC 1935) was the son of Walter B. Snow and Alice M. Snow, of Ottawa. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on June 3, 1941 at 24 years of age. He was buried in the Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario Sec 50 lot 105 N.E.
  • Post Card– Memorial Arch at Royal Military College of Canada
  • Memorial Arch– 2486, College Sergeant Major Gerald Barclay Snow (RMC' 1935-39) is listed on the Royal Military College, Memorial Arch Kingston
  • Grave Marker

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