Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Thomas David Withington

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Thomas David Withington

November 8, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/16089

Age:

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Medal

Additional Information

Son of Charles and Mabel Withington; husband of Marjorie N. Withington, of Kitchener, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 125 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 4045.

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.

Digital Collection

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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Photo of THOMAS DAVID WITHINGTON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Preston Ontario Wall of Remembrance Mural – Mural by D. Sopha. Located adjacent to the Preston Cenotaph.
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Preston Ontario Cenotaph – Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949.
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Grave marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Thomas David Withington is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Thomas David Withington is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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