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Military service
Service number:
C/167
Age:
28
Rank:
Wing Commander
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 22, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
August 28, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 1. Grave 18.
Additional information
Son of Harold Despard and Marguerite Jean (nee Little) Twigg, of Victoria British Columbia. Husband of Amy Mildred (nee Church) Twigg, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
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Memorial
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Grave marker
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Gosselies Communal Cemetery
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Biography
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Photo of John Despard Twigg
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Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2252 Wing Commander John Despard Twigg (RMC 1931) He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 408 Sqdn. He died on Aug 28, 1942. He was buried in the Gosselies Communal Cemetery in Belgium Row 1. Grave 18. -
Memorial Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2252 Wing Commander John Despard Twigg (RMC 1931) He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 408 Sqdn. He died on Aug 28, 1942. He was buried in the Gosselies Communal Cemetery in Belgium Row 1. Grave 18. -
Memorial Arch
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2252 Wing Commander John Despard Twigg (RMC 1931) served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 408 Sqdn. He died on Aug 28, 1942. He was buried in the Gosselies Communal Cemetery in Belgium Row 1. Grave 18. -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Wing Commander John Despard Twigg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Despard Twigg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 120 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Belgium
GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 5 km north of Charleroi. Taking the E42 from Mons in the direction of Liege then exit at Gosselies onto the N5 towards Charleroi. 2 Km after this junction lies the third right hand turning towards Brussels. After taking this turning the next right hand turning leads onto the Chaussee de Fleurus, with the cemetery located 50 metres along this road on the left hand side.
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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