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Son of Joseph and Elsie Idiens, of Sandwick, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Province of British Columbia named Idiens Lake honouring the life of Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens. It is located on the west side of Cruikshank River, west of Comox Lake, in the Nelson Land District. A Bronze cairn, identifying Idiens Lake, was placed on the site by Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC) in 1965.
Born at Toronto; moved to Vancouver Island as a young boy; attended school at Courtenay then Victoria. He was involved with Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC) through the 1920's & 1930's. "Mr. Idiens was one of the first members of CDMC when it was formed in 1927...he pioneered skiing on Forbidden Plateau..."; CDMC president in 1938.
Idiens Creek, which flows north into Rees Creek in the Nelson Land District, British Columbia, was also named for Flying Officer Idiens.
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Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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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.
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