Newfoundland & Labrador

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RAF
ATLANTIC FERRY
PILOT MEMORIAL
AIR VICE-MARSHAL
D.C.T. BENNETT, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.
WAS THE CAPTAIN OF A LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER WHICH
DEPARTED GANDER 2233 GMT ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER
THE TENTH, 1940 AND LANDED AT ALDERGROVE IRELAND,
0945 GMT THE NEXT MORNING
THE AIRCRAFT HERE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT
MADE THIS FLIGHT WHICH WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL
TRANS ATLANTIC CROSSING FROM GANDER, IT IS MOUNTED
HERE ON THIS SITE IN COMMEMORATION OF THAT EVENT
AND THE MANY THOUSANDS OF MEN AND AIRCRAFT WHO
HAVE FOLLOWED SINCE THEN.
BETTER BE NOT AT ALL THAN NOT BE NOBLE

No. 3404. Pte.
Arthur H. Pittman
Killed Dec. 3, 1917
Aged 24 years

No. 228. Pte.
Pierce Ridout
Died April 27, 1918
Aged 23 years

No. 67613. Pte.
John Dean
Killed Aug. 9, 1918
Aged 28 years

No. 3403. Pte.
Adolphus Locke
Died Nov. 3, 1918
Aged 22 years

No. 4047. Pte.
John James May
Died Oct. 18, 1918
Aged 20 years

No. 4045. Pte.
Henry Simms
Died Oct. 25, 1918
Aged 21 years

No. 1642. Pte.
George B. Janes
Killed July 1, 1917
Aged 26 years

No. 1113. Pte.
Stephen Jones
Killed July 1, 1917
Aged 22 years

No. 2076. R.N.R.
William C. Hustins
Died April 2, 1920
Aged 27 years

Their body’s sleep beside their Comrades
In hallowed graves unknown
But their names are written
In Letters of Love
In the hearts they Left at home

In memory of Our Fallen Heroes

No. 1066. Pte.
George Simms
Killed Dec. 30, 1915
Aged 27 years

No. 2528. Lce. Corp.
Albert Edgar Guy
Killed Nov. 30, 1917
Aged 20 years

No. 1578. Pte.
Edgar Blackmore
Killed April 14, 1917
Aged 21 years

No. 3187. Pte.
Frederick B. Rice
Killed Aug 17, 1917
Aged 21 years

Lest We Forget
1914-1918

1939-1945

In Defence Unyielding
In Attack Unflinching

Donated by
RCL BR 51
H.V. - G.B.

ERECTED
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF OUR SOLDIER BOYS
WHO DIED IN
WWI 1914-18
WWII 1939-45
KOREA 1950-53

Pte HERBERT
INDER
DIED OF WOUNDS
OCT 20 1917
AGED 26 YEARS

Pte AUBREY G.
HOLMES
DIED OF WOUNDS
APRIL 14 1917
AGED 21 YEARS
NOBLY THEY DIED
WHILE DOING
THEIR DUTY.

AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

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ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF BERTRAM PIERCE WINSOR R.N. P/JX216787 WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE WHEN HMS NEPTUNE WAS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION ON DEC. 25, 1941, AGED 24 YEARS

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

WINSOR

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THEY SHALL GROW NOT
OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT
GROW OLD AGE SHALL
NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE
YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE
GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KOREAN CONFLICT
1950 - 1953

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WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

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WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

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GANDER CEMETERY, NEWFOUNDLAND

Begun in 1936 as a terminal airport for transatlantic flights,
and originally known as Newfoundland Airport, Gander
Airport became an important base for the Royal Canadian Air
Force in the Second World War. It was enlarged and
developed to serve the Atlantic Ferry Organisation for the
transport of aircraft and to accommodate air reconnaissance
planes and military defence forces. It was also the
headquarters of an anti-aircraft regiment of the Royal
Canadian Artillery.

A cemetery was set up near the airfield for the burials of
casualities, mainly airmen who died in crashes in the area.
There are 100 war graves of servicemen, 94 of them airmen and
6 soldiers, from the following countries:

Canada 80
United Kingdom 18
Australia 2

THESE WAR GRAVES ARE MAINTAINED
UNDER ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION

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CIMITIERE DE GANDER A TERRE-NEUVE

Commencé en 1936 pour servir de terminus aux vols
transatlantiques, et d'abord connu comme aéroport de
Terre-Neuve, l'aéroport de Gander devint une base importante
du Corps d'aviation royal canadien au cours de la Seconde
Guerre mondiale. L'aéroport a été agrandi et développé pour
servir l'Atlantic Ferry Organisation pour le transport d'avions
et afin d'accommoder les avions de reconnaissance aérienne et
les forces militaires de défense. Ce fut aussi le quartier général
d'un régiment antiaérian de l'Artillerie royale canadienne.

Un cimetière a été aménagé près de l'aérodrome, surtout pour inhumer les aviateurs qui périrent lors d'écrasements dans la
région. Le cimitière compte 100 tombes de militaires, dont 94
aviateurs et 6 soldats, des pays suivants:

Canada 80
Royaume-Uni 18
Australie 2

CES SEPULTURES SONT ENTRETENUES
D'APRES LES DISPOSITIONS PRISES PAR LA
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISION

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NEWFOUNDLAND FORESTRY UNIT

BLACKMORE, G., PORT BLANDFORD
BRENTON, J., BISHOP'S FALLS
BRUSHETT, H., BURIN
BUTLER, J., PORT REXTON
CORMIER, H., ST. THERESA
ELLIOTT, R., CATALINA
FELTHAM, J., GLOVERTOWN
GLADNEY, M., CLARENVILLE
HALEY, W.E., CHARLOTTETOWN
HANCOCK, S.R., ENGLEE
HAWKINS, M., GLOVERTOWN
HICKS, J.
NEWMAN'S COVE
HIGDON, I., NEW HARBOUR
HOSKINS, B., GREENSPOND
HUBBARD, A.H., BOUCTOUCHE, N.B.
JANES, P., DEER LAKE
LAMB, M., LAWN
LAYTE, H., GLENWOOD
LEGGE, J., HEART'S CONTENT
LODGE, S., CORNER BROOK
MAYO, H., CRESTON
MERCER, W., ST. JOHN'S
MEWS, W., ST. GEORGES
MILLER, W., ST. JONES WITHIN
NOLAN, L., MOBILE
O'KEEFE, T., PLACENTIA
PAYNE, G., COWHEAD
PURCHASE, F., LAWRENCETON
REEVES, S., ENGLEE
RYAN, R., PORT REXTON
SHORT, C., CAPE RAY
TAYLOR, K., MORRISVILLE
WHITE, C., GRAND BAY
WHITE, J., ST. BRENDANS
YOUNG, W., SPRUCE BROOK

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE NEWFOUNDLAND FOREST PROTECTION ASSOCIATION IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND OVERSEAS FORESTRY UNIT WHO DIED WHILE IN SERVICE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939 - 1945

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ERECTED TO
THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE
1ST AND 2ND WORLD WARS

1914-1918

BEADON CALBOURNE
JOHN DELOUCHARY
EASU BAKER
STEPHEN JONES
BERT TWINER
DOUGLAS OSMOND
JOHN SULEY
JOHN LEWIS

1939-1945

LLOYD BURY
RICHARD KEOUGH
JAMES DORMODY
RALPH LUFF
WALLACE GREEN

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE