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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/15281
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
401 Sqdn.
Death:
August 28, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 1. Row B. Grave 12.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Lilian Whitham; husband of Margaret Craig Whitham, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
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Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Plaque
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham 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 -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant James Whitham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 124 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS Somme, France
ST. PIERRE CEMETERY is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Amiens, on the northern side of the main road to Albert.
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