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Military service
Service number:
41214
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
201 Sqdn.
Death:
February 6, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 66.
Additional information
Son of James Henry and Florence Gertrude Smith of West Vancouver, British Columbia. Spouse of Rhoda Mary (nee Best) Smith, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England.
Flight Lieutenant Smith is commemorated on the Memorial Arch, West Vancouver Memorial Park, WW II East Plinth.
He is also commemorated in the Book of Remembrance held at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, the Honour Roll displayed at Branch 60 (BC/Yukon) of the Royal Canadian Legion and memorialized on a bronze plaque at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, West Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From a WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province newspaper c1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Francis Wilfred Smith
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