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Frances Winnifred Spafford

In memory of:

Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Frances Winnifred Spafford

March 8, 1941
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Military Service


Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

5th Canadian General Hospital

Additional Information


Born:

December 26, 1913
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

December 28, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Daughter of Alfred Frederick and Ida Winnifred Spafford (nee Porter) of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Sister of Flight Sergeant Alvin Leslie Spafford, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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:

CLIVEDEN WAR CEMETERY
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

N/A

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering siblings lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Frances Winnifred Spafford
  • Photo of FRANCES WINNIFRED SPAFFORD– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.
  • Grave Marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.

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