Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Donald Fraser Ross
In memory of:
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
April 18, 1945
Military Service
J/43876
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
420 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Alexander and Ida Janet Fraser Ross.
Commemorated on Page 560 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom
51. C. 7.
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross 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 -
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Photo of DONALD FRASER ROSS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Biography – The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II. -
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Biography – The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II. -
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Bank of Nova Scotia, WWII Honour Roll list – D F Ross was remembered during a general meeting of the Bank of Nova Scotia held on October 13, 1946. -
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Commemorative Poster – Scotiabank produced this commemorative poster to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The poster was produced in English and in French. -
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Funeral on April 24, 1945 – Fraser was a Flying Officer on board a Halifax bomber (NP946 "L") that was downed during a raid on the island of Heligoland, 18 April, 1945. All 7 of the aircrew perished, and the bodies of only 3 of these 7 were recovered. Buried alongside Fraser in Brookwood Military Cemtery were fellow crewmen F/Sgt Davey Newman and F/Sgt. George Franklin Montgomery. They are buried in Plot 51, Row C, graves 7, 8 and 9. The remaining 4 members of the crew are commemorated on Runnymede Memorial. -
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Funeral on April 24, 1945 -
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Funeral on April 24, 1945 -
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
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