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Military service
Service number:
J/23633
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
429 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 13, 1921
Oak Lake, Manitoba
Enlistment:
December 29, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
December 29, 1943
Gesteren, Turergen, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 5, Row 1
Additional information
Son of Albert George and Wilmenina Christina (nee Willox) Peasland, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Brother of Sheila Jean.
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Grave marker
Charles Willox Peasland Gravestone in Albergen Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands. -
Cemetery
Commonwealth War graves at St. Pancras Catholic cemetery in Albergen, Netherlands. Gravestones of Charles Peasland - Air Bomber, Barrie Ranson - Flight Engineer, Edward Parker - Air Gunner, Arthur Innes - Air Gunner, Richard Walsh - Air Gunner, Ronald Williams - Air Gunner, Frederick Gilliver - Air Gunner. -
Photo of Charles Peasland
While on a return flight from Berlin on December 29th, 1943, his already severely damaged aircraft, on reaching the Dutch-German frontier, was again intercepted and heavily attacked by German fighters. He was killed when the aircraft caught fire and exploded mid-air. -
Biography
In memory of the employees from the Bank Of Montreal who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of CHARLES WILLOX PEASLAND
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland is 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
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Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Charles Willox Peasland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 202 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TUBBERGEN (ALBERGEN) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Netherlands
Albergen is a small village in the commune of Tubbergen, lying 5 kilometres south of the village of Tubbergen and 8 kilometres west of Almelo. The church stands in the centre of the village, with the churchyard 50 yards to the south. The British plot is on the western side of the churchyard, near the boundary hedge. It contains the graves of 7 airmen, four of whom came from the United Kingdom and the others from Canada.
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