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Jacob Piket

In memory of:

Sergeant Jacob Piket

May 12, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/120847

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Dirk and Maaike Piket, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 203 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4196.

Location:

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– Sergeant Jacob Piket is 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– Sergeant Jacob Piket is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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