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Frank Herbert Grainger

In memory of:

Flying Officer Frank Herbert Grainger

October 16, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/12769

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Maple Leaf.

Additional Information


Born:

June 15, 1923
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Son of Herbert and Amy Alice (née Partridge) Grainger; husband of Joyce Emily (née Bellinden) and Grainger, of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Richard, Neil, Christine and Emily.

Commemorated on Page 165 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
County Fermanagh, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Grave 27.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Martyn Boyd
  • Photo of FRANK HERBERT GRAINGER– Submitted  for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– 6 April 1943 Pilot Officer Frank Grainger, Chilliwack, B.C., second pilot, and Flying Officer W.Y. "Bill" Martin, 30 Willcocks St., Toronto, captain and pilot of a Sunderland flying boat 422 RCAF squadron.
  • Photo of FRANK HERBERT GRAINGER– Pilot Officer Frank Herbert Grainger - July 1942
  • Grave marker– Photo taken 21st October 2007
  • Photo of Frank Grainger– Image courtesy of the Chilliwack Museum and Archives
  • Photo of FRANK HERBERT GRAINGER– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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