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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/17626
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
December 16, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot I/2. Grave 124.
Additional information
Son of Harry Herbert and Johanna Eager, of Norwood, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
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Grave Marker
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Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1611 F/L William Hedley Ager (RMC 1921) was the son of Harry Herbert and Johanna Eager, of Norwood, Manitoba, Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He died on Dec 16, 1943 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Oxford (Botley) Cemetery in Berkshire, United Kingdom. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1611 F/L William Hedley Ager (RMC 1921) was the son of Harry Herbert and Johanna Eager, of Norwood, Manitoba, Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He died on Dec 16, 1943 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Oxford (Botley) Cemetery in Berkshire, United Kingdom. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1611 F/L William Hedley Ager (RMC 1921) was the son of Harry Herbert and Johanna Eager, of Norwood, Manitoba, Canada. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He died on Dec 16, 1943 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Oxford (Botley) Cemetery in Berkshire, United Kingdom. -
Photo of WILLIAM HEDLEY EAGER
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Photo of WILLIAM HEDLEY EAGER
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Hedley Eager
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 156 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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