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Military service
Service number:
J/13467
Age:
30
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
198 Sqdn.
Death:
December 31, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 175.
Additional information
Son of William Robert and Eleanor Widdess, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
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Inscription
Inscription on the Runnymede Memorial, Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance, Runnymede Memorial, Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial, Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels, Runnymede Memorial, Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance, Runnymede Memorial, Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT WIDDESS
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT WIDDESS
From a book entitled "Field of Honour" published in 1950. -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of William Robert Widdess
LAC, Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
Accident Report. LAC, Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
Accident Report. LAC, Ottawa -
Photo of William Robert Widdess
LAC, Ottawa -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT WIDDESS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Robert Widdess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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