Military service
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Son of Willson A. Troup and Isabella J. Troup, of Fort Erie, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 71 reads: “F/O Allan Wilson [sic] TROUP RCAF, 22 Sqn RAF. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering - Mechanical, 1930-32. Killed during a night bombing raid over France, 12 December 1941. Buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery, La Gaudiniere, Nantes, France. Exhumed and reburied in the Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.”
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “F/O A. W. TROUP R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Willson Troup
From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 71 reads: “F/O Allan Wilson [sic] TROUP RCAF, 22 Sqn RAF. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering - Mechanical, 1930-32. Killed during a night bombing raid over France, 12 December 1941. Buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery, La Gaudiniere, Nantes, France. Exhumed and reburied in the Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.”
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The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
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The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “F/O A. W. TROUP R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Niagara Falls Evening Review April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From then Niagara Falls Evening Review. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 47 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NANTES (PONT-DU-CENS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Nantes is a large town and port on the River Loire about 48 kilometres east of St Nazaire. The NANTES (PONT-DU-CENS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the north-western outskirts of the town on the western side of the road to Rennes. The Commonwealth War Graves are in a special plot about 100 yards east (right) of the main entrance.
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