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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
66th Wing
Birth:
March 1, 1895
West Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 14, 1916
Bowmanville, Ontario
Death:
June 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Florence Salton, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Fletcher Salton
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Photo of William Fletcher Salton
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. -
Photo of WILLIAM FLETCHER SALTON
Photo of William F Salton -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Fletcher Salton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Fletcher Salton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Fletcher Salton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Fletcher Salton
OTRANTO TOWN CEMETERY Italy
Otranto is a small port town on the heel of Italy, situated about 80 kilometres south of Brindisi, 45 kilometres from Lecce. The cemetery is best accessed from route No.16 from Lecce, following Otranto Centro. On entering the town follow the sign for the Sacrario Militare, located immediately inside the town limits on the right hand side. The war graves are in the south-east corner of the cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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