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Son of Master Sergeant Wilfred Clarke Chambers and Eva Gray Munro, of Calgary, Alberta.
He was a cadet with the Alberta Military Institute Cadets in Calgary, Alberta, from 1935 to 1937, an infantry soldier with the Calgary Highlanders – NPAM – in 1939, a corporal and clerk with the 8th Field Ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps – NPAM – from 1939 to 1941.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar, operational wings.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Clarke Munro Chambers
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clarke Munro Chambers
Chambers, Clarke Munro - Flying Officer. Born 19th June, 1920, at Calgary, Altberta. Entered the service of the Bank 27th February, 1939. Served at Calgary city branches and others in Alberta. Enlisted 29th August, 1941, from Calgary in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Navigator in May, 1942; Pilot Officer in June, 1942; Flying Officer in March, 1943. Trained at Saskatnon and Mossbank, Sask., Rivers, Man., and Patricia Bay, B.C. Overseas in February, 1943. Attached R.A.F. Reported missing after operations over Germany in March, 1943, officially presumed dead October, 1944.<br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clarke Munro Chambers
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clarke Munro Chambers
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Chambers, Clarke Munro - Flying Officer. Born 19th June, 1920, at Calgary, Altberta. Entered the service of the Bank 27th February, 1939. Served at Calgary city branches and others in Alberta. Enlisted 29th August, 1941, from Calgary in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Navigator in May, 1942; Pilot Officer in June, 1942; Flying Officer in March, 1943. Trained at Saskatnon and Mossbank, Sask., Rivers, Man., and Patricia Bay, B.C. Overseas in February, 1943. Attached R.A.F. Reported missing after operations over Germany in March, 1943, officially presumed dead October, 1944.<br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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