No. 15 Service Flying Training School Memorial

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THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR COMMAND

AIR OFFICERS COMMANDING

SQUADRON LEADER S A BUSHELL
WING COMMANDER H L CAMPBELL
WING COMMANDER R F GLADDEN
SQUADRON LEADER F R HARDY
GROUP CAPTAIN W E KENNEDY
SQUADRON LEADER C V MARK
WING COMMANDER D D ATKINSON, TEMPORARY CO DURING KENNEDY'S ABSENCE AS CO OF NO. 7 SFTS FORT MACLEOD

LEST WE FORGET

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

WO1 V G ARCHIBALD
S/O R J GOODMAN
LAC E E GUTTERIDGE
LAC R G JOHNSTON
LAC S T MONROE
LAC S M RODGERS
P/O W A SPARKS
LAC C M STEARNS
F/SGT L J TAME

ROYAL AIR FORCE

P/O A J GOLDIE
SGT K C HOLT
SGT K L SUTTON

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

LAC A R BAKER
F/O L W A BAUER
LAC W L BRIGHTON
LAC L H B BENNET
LAC W C MACDONALD
F/SGTJ C MCKITTRICK
LAC I R VIDLER

OTHERS KILLED

AC2 J R BERGLUND - TRUCK ACCIDENT
AC1 C W ODELL - CROWNING

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DEDICATION

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALL OFFICERS AND RANKS WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND MADE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR THROUGH DEVOTED SERVICE AT NO. 15 SFTS IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN DURING 1941-1945 AT CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA, CANADA

SOME DID NOT LIVE TO FULFIL THEIR PURPOSE, 'THESE BRAVE SOULS STAYED IN CLARESHOLM'

THE BONDS OF EMPIRE LIE WITHIN THESE MEN AS THEY SLEEP THROUGHOUT ETERNITY

THE BONDS OF LOVE, THE BONDS OF SACRIFICE, THE LIVES OF THESE MEN WERE GIVEN OUR COUNTRY, FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS SURELY AS THOSE THAT DIED OVERSEAS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
THE TOWN OF CLARESHOLM
THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF WILLOW CREEK
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 41 CLARESHOLM

THIS MONUMENT ERECTED AND DEDICATED AUS 8. 1981 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THOSE WHO DIED NO. 15 S.F.T.S.