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Ameen Nicholas Ferris

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Ameen Nicholas Ferris

March 21, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

J/14431

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

161 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Samuel and Watfa Ferris; husband of Lois Anne Ferris, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 514 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Joint Grave 8. D. 1-2.

Location:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Group Photo– A photo of Nick Ferris with his mother Watfa and father Samuel taken in Sault Ste Marie.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Ameen Nicholas Ferris is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Ameen Nicholas Ferris is also 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
  • Photo of AMEEN NICHOLAS FERRIS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of AMEEN NICHOLAS FERRIS– in front of his airplane
  • Photo of AMEEN NICHOLAS FERRIS– Getting his wings

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