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Richard Carswell

In memory of:

Private Richard Carswell

August 19, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

H/19940

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

Additional Information

Born:

December 15, 1909
Osborne, Manitoba

Enlistment:

January 18, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Robert and Katherine Carswell; husband of Isabella Lamb Carswell, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot D. Row 13. Grave 21.

Location:

Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, is some 15 kilometres from the mainland. Nes is the largest of the four villages on Ameland. The AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY is about 700 metres east of Nes, on the road to Buren. The British plot is in a prominent position immediately left of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of RICHARD CARSWELL– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of RICHARD CARSWELL – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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  • Cemetery– Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands)

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    Cemetery – Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands)
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

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