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Military service
Service number:
R/90227
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
(207 R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 24, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 6. Row D. Grave 12.
Additional information
Son of William Mervin Colwill and Gladys M. Colwill, of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
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Grave marker
His grave at Cherbourg Old Cemetery, Manche, France -
Memorial
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Clifford Colwill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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