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Linley Douglas Wetmore

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Linley Douglas Wetmore

June 5, 1942
Watertown, New York

Military Service


Service Number:

R/96069

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

No.2 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)

Additional Information


Born:

January 27, 1918
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 5, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Harvey M. Whetmore and Florence M. Whetmore, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 123 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 37. Lot 71 N.W.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Certificate– L. Wetmore at St Matthew's Church, Ottawa
  • Grave marker
  • Memorial– St Matthew's Anglican Church Ottawa

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