Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of John William and Doris Amy Burton Rowthorn, of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
W.O.2 W.M. Rowthorn, RCAF, died August 19, 1942 as a result of injuries over France.
<p> <i> Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - <b>"Stairway of Honour"</B> project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.</i> <p>
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
Warrant Office Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
-
W.O.2 W.M. Rowthorn, RCAF, died August 19, 1942 as a result of injuries over France. <p> <i> Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - <b>"Stairway of Honour"</B> project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.</i> <p>
-
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
-
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
-
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
-
Warrant Officer Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
-
Warrant Office Class II William Ellis Rowthorn is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
-
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.