0 poppies laid on this site
In memory of:

Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart

Profile image
Maple leaf

Citation(s);

Military service

Service number: C1494
Age: 38
Rank: Wing Commander
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: 434 (Fighter) Squadron
Birth: January 24, 1919 Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment: January 2, 1940 Alberta
Death: May 31, 1957 Zweibrucken, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Section 5 Row C Grave 1
Additional information
Son of Herbert Duncan Reynard and Ada Jane (nee Collier) Stewart of Calgary, Alberta. Husband of Pamela Evelyn (nee Gibson) Stewart and father of Roderick, Kimberley and Jonathan Stewart of Zweibrucken, Germany. Brother of Everard, Harriet and Alyce.

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road.

The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.

Did we miss something?

Contribute information to this commemorative page

Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.