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John Louis Gordon Liggett

In memory of:

Flying Officer John Louis Gordon Liggett

March 3, 1955
Saarguemines, France

Military Service


Service Number:

40305

Age:

37

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

430 (Fighter) Squadron

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Africa Star and Clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp

Additional Information


Born:

February 16, 1918
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 10, 1940
Toronto, Ontario

Son of John Campbell and Anna Josephine (nee O'Leary) Liggett of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 61 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 11, Plot 2, Row A

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Stained glass memorial in St John's Roman Catholic Church, 794 Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
  • Photo of John Louis Gordon Liggett

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