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Son of James D. and Mary P. Ferrier, of Sedgewick, Alberta, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
This photograph, taken in the summer of 2006, depicts a civilian headstone commemorating the death of 27 year old W/O 2 Roy Wilson Ferrier.<P>
According to various sources (including lostbombers.co.uk), Ferrier and the rest of his 426 Squadron crew were assigned to attack Wilhelmshaven on the night of 19/20 Feb 1943.<P>
Their aircraft, Vickers Wellington Mk.III S/N BJ919, disappeared without a trace. 426 Squadron had begun operations less than two months earlier.<P>
Warrant Officer Ferrier is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in the United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Image gallery
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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This photograph, taken in the summer of 2006, depicts a civilian headstone commemorating the death of 27 year old W/O 2 Roy Wilson Ferrier.<P> According to various sources (including lostbombers.co.uk), Ferrier and the rest of his 426 Squadron crew were assigned to attack Wilhelmshaven on the night of 19/20 Feb 1943.<P> Their aircraft, Vickers Wellington Mk.III S/N BJ919, disappeared without a trace. 426 Squadron had begun operations less than two months earlier.<P> Warrant Officer Ferrier is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in the United Kingdom.
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Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Warrant Officer Class II Roy Wilson Ferrier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 158 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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