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Son of Henry Black and Lydia Florence Black, of Arvida, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
An aluminium sculpture and granite base were erected at 2890 Davis Place, Jonquière, Quebec. This memorial consists of two parts, a granite base erected by local citizens in June 1952 to the local war dead of the Second World War, and, an aluminium sculpture wheel unveiled by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 209 (Arvida) in June 1969.
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A NOS MORTS GLORIEUX DE LA GUERRE 1939-45
TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD WORLD WAR 1939-45
RENALD ALLAIRE
JAMES BERESFORD
HARRY GORDON BLACK
WILLIAM BERESFORD
JEAN-CHARLES MERCIER
ERNEST VEILLEUX
LOUIS-PHILIPPE VEILLEUX
POUR PERPÉTUELLE MÉMOIRE
LES CITOYENS
JUIN 1952
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY
THE CITIZENS
JUNE 1952
JE ME SOUVIENS
[plaque/plaque]
UN HOMMAGE DE LA LEGION ROYALE CANADIENNE FILIALE 209 - ARVIDA
JUIN 1969
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4086
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black
Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black is also commemorated 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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An aluminium sculpture and granite base were erected at 2890 Davis Place, Jonquière, Quebec. This memorial consists of two parts, a granite base erected by local citizens in June 1952 to the local war dead of the Second World War, and, an aluminium sculpture wheel unveiled by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 209 (Arvida) in June 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [base] A NOS MORTS GLORIEUX DE LA GUERRE 1939-45 TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD WORLD WAR 1939-45 RENALD ALLAIRE JAMES BERESFORD HARRY GORDON BLACK WILLIAM BERESFORD JEAN-CHARLES MERCIER ERNEST VEILLEUX LOUIS-PHILIPPE VEILLEUX POUR PERPÉTUELLE MÉMOIRE LES CITOYENS JUIN 1952 IN PERPETUAL MEMORY THE CITIZENS JUNE 1952 JE ME SOUVIENS [plaque/plaque] UN HOMMAGE DE LA LEGION ROYALE CANADIENNE FILIALE 209 - ARVIDA JUIN 1969 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4086
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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
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Warrant Officer Class II Harry Gordon Black 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 Harry Gordon Black is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 137 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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