Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Oscar Way
In memory of:
Warrant Officer James Oscar Way
April 17, 1943
Military Service
R/102353
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Way, of Redvers, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
2. A. 7.
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of JAMES OSCAR WAY – James (Jimmy) Oscar Way Date of photo unknown -
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Memorial – Warrant Officer James Oscar Way is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Warrant Officer James Oscar Way 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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Photo of JAMES OSCAR WAY – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of James Oscar Way – Jimmy at 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.42- 30 June 1942 -
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Photo of JAMES OSCAR WAY – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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