No. 15 Service Flying Training School Memorial

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Deirdre Kraft
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No. 15 Service Flying Training School Memorial

Claresholm, Alberta

This memorial, erected by the governments of Canada and Alberta, the town of Claresholm, the Municipal District of Willow Creek and Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 41, is dedicated to those who died while training at No. 15 Service Flying Training School during the Second World War.

Inscription

[middle plaque/plaque du milieu] 

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.

 

Location
No. 15 Service Flying Training School Memorial

Claresholm
Alberta
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