Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Charles Strand and of Mary Strand (nee Donaldson); husband of Joan Strand, (nee Darlington), of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
The Red Deer Advocate 4 Apr 1945
Details of the crash of Halifax #LV 996 is found on //lostbombers.co.uk
LV 996 was airborne 1652 5 Mar 45 from Leeming on a raid to Chemnitz, Germany. Homebound, it crashed at Halling some 4 miles SW of Gillingham, Kent, after running out of fuel. All were buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. The crew members were: F/L (P) M.W.Sanderson, age 23, from Mitchell, Nebraska, U.S.A.; P/O (FE) W.R.Strand, age 28; P/O (N) J.P.Nault, age 29, from Ottawa; P/O (BA) H.N.Prince, age 22, from Hamilton, ON; P/O (WAG) A.S.Leroux, age 23, from St. Claude, MB; F/S (AG) A.G.Caldwell, age 20, from Reston, MB, and F/S (AG) P.F.Gonroski, age 19, from Brandon, MB.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Russell Strand
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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From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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The Red Deer Advocate 4 Apr 1945 Details of the crash of Halifax #LV 996 is found on //lostbombers.co.uk LV 996 was airborne 1652 5 Mar 45 from Leeming on a raid to Chemnitz, Germany. Homebound, it crashed at Halling some 4 miles SW of Gillingham, Kent, after running out of fuel. All were buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. The crew members were: F/L (P) M.W.Sanderson, age 23, from Mitchell, Nebraska, U.S.A.; P/O (FE) W.R.Strand, age 28; P/O (N) J.P.Nault, age 29, from Ottawa; P/O (BA) H.N.Prince, age 22, from Hamilton, ON; P/O (WAG) A.S.Leroux, age 23, from St. Claude, MB; F/S (AG) A.G.Caldwell, age 20, from Reston, MB, and F/S (AG) P.F.Gonroski, age 19, from Brandon, MB.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer William Russell Strand is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer William Russell Strand is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 567 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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