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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping. -
Names of the Fallen
Midland High School list of those killed in the Second World War. -
Group Photo
Bill Downer is seen here posing with his unit. -
Photo of Bill Downer
Bill in civilian garb -
Photo of Bill Downer
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Photo of Bill Downer
Bill Downer is seen posing with his sister Frances. -
Letter
Letter of Condolences from the King -
Photo of William Watson Downer
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At the farm.
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Poem
A poem dedicated to Uncle Bill -
Photo of WILLIAM WATSON DOWNER
In memory of the students from Midland High School who served during World War 11 and did not return. Photos submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, on behalf of Midland Legion Branch 80 190 Queen St. Midland, Ontario. -
Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Watson Downer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Watson Downer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Watson Downer
Bill, John and Jim Downer. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Watson Downer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 294 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MALTA MEMORIAL Malta
The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta.
The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels.
The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave.
The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.
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