Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Winslow Alexander Giffin
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant John Winslow Alexander Giffin
February 16, 1942
Military Service
R/76036
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
77 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of Alexander A. Giffin and Emily E. Giffin, of Osborne Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 76 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Grave 4018.
Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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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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Memorial – Flight Sergeant John Winslow Alexander Giffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant John Winslow Alexander Giffin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of John Giffin – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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