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Military service
Service number:
R/71602
Age:
29
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 2, 1913
King Township, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 14, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row T. Grave 9.
Additional information
Son of Russel and Florence Williamson of Tottenham, Ontario. Husband of Sybil Williamson, of Port Hope, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Rich Allenby www.allenby.info WO Harry Williamson was one of two trainee pilots aboard Halifax BB 203 on a conversion training flight. The 31-yr old RAF trainee pilot was at the controls on the return flight to East Moor and was seen to be flying too low. The aircraft struck a chimney stack and crashed. Also killed were the RAF instructor and two Flight Engineers. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Harry Ward Williamson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 124 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NEWTON-UPON-OUSE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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