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Walter Lawrence Chatfield

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield

June 15, 1943
Dodewaard, Gueldre, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

R/99842

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

49 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.

Additional Information

Born:

May 20, 1921
Woodstock, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 9, 1941
London, Ontario

Son of Edward Chatfield and Amy Hooper of Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada.

He was a soldier for the Oxford Rifles Regiment - NPAM - in Ingersoll, Ontario, from 1940 to June 1941 and then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.

He served in Canada and Great Britain.

Commemorated on Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

5. G. 11.

Location:

Uden is a town on the main road between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. The Uden War Cemetery is 350 metres from the centre of the town, on the Nijmegen road at its junction with the road to Zeeland. The cemetery is also signposted on the N265 Uden-Eindhoven.

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 – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Walter Lawrence Chatfield– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Walter Lawrence Chatfield – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Grave marker from Walter Chatfield's grave at Uden Commonwealth War Cemetery, The Netherlands.

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    Grave marker – Grave marker from Walter Chatfield's grave at Uden Commonwealth War Cemetery, The Netherlands.

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