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Military service
Service number:
J/22566
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 Sqdn.
Death:
August 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 174.
Additional information
Son of Percy and Jean Kirkham, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Flight Sergeant Thomas Yarwood Kirkham, killed in action, the same day as his brother, 3 August 1943.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ERNEST BRUCE KIRKHAM
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ernest Bruce Kirkham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 177 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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