Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Sidney Atkinson Birks
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant William Sidney Atkinson Birks
July 19, 1944
Military Service
R/ 193025
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
619 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of William and Rosa Birks. Husband of Agnes Birks, of Toronto, ON.
Commemorated on Page 250 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
AUGER-ST. VINCENT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oise, France
Grave 1.
Auger-St. Vincent is a village and commune 56 kilometres south-east of Beauvais and 8 kilometres west of Crepy-en-Valois. The cemetery, which lies on the outskirts of the village on the road to Nanteul, contains the graves of 6 airmen, 4 belonging to the Royal Air Force and 2 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Sidney Atkinson Birks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant William Sidney Atkinson Birks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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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Id Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of WILLIAM SIDNEY ATKINSON BIRKS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of WILLIAM SIDNEY ATKINSON BIRKS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of WILLIAM SIDNEY ATKINSON BIRKS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Record of Service – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of William Sidney Atkinson Birks – Enlisted 1942 in the R.C.A.F. and was "winged" at Crumlin, Ont. in September 1943, lost in action over France July 18, 1944. -
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Biography – Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Album Cover – Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
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