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In memory of:

Flying Officer Walter John Chittenden

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Military service

Service number: J/87174
Age: 23
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 83rd Group Support Unit (R.A.F.)
Birth: November 5, 1921 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
Enlistment: December 16, 1940 Hamilton, Ontario
Death: March 29, 1945 Shoreham, Sussex, England

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 50. J. 1.
Additional information
Son of Oliver Edgar Chittenden and Ellen Coleman, of St. Catharines, Ontario.

He served in Canada, Great Britain, Egypt, Ghana, Israel, Libya, Tunisia, Malta, Sicily, Italy. He lost his life when his Spitfire crashed into Upper Court Farm during a low-level training flight.

Additional citations

1939-1943 Star with Maple Leaf, 1939-1945 Star with Bar, Africa Star with Bar, Italy Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 503 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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