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Wevelgem Communal Cemetery


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J/12197 Flying Officer
Thomas Russell Martin
432 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
9th May 1944, aged 23.
Grave E. 462.

Son of F. J. Russell Martin and Dorothy Irene Martin, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten, For Memories Make Love Eternal"




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421307 Flight Sergeant
James Rooker Mason
75 Squadron, 
Royal New Zealand Air Force
28th May 1944, aged 27.
Coll. Grave E. 473-474.

Son of Samuel Rooker Mason, and of Ada Henrietta Mason, of Wellsford, North Auckland, New Zealand.



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J/85104 Pilot Officer
Donald McCrae
550 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
28th May 1944.
Coll. Grave E. 498.




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1383796 Flight Sergeant
James David Oxenburgh
51 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
2nd May 1944.
Grave E. 455.


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J/23351 Flying Officer
Martin Shapiro
550 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
28th May 1944.
Grave E. 497.


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J/85722 Flying Officer
Sydney Emmington Smith
101 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
21st July 1944, aged 31.
Coll. Grave E. 485-489.


Son of Sydney and Lydia Higgs Smith, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Claire Smith, of Toronto.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Canadian Bred And Born Who Died In The Cause Of Freedom. Wife, Parents & Family"




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J/20701 Flying Officer
William Harold Wilson
431 Squadron, R
oyal Canadian Air Force
9th May 1944, aged 26.
Grave E. 457.


Son of Charles Leslie and Laura Blanche Wilson, of Exeter, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Remembrance. Mother, Father, Ted, Norma, Hugh, Jim Of Exeter, Ontario"




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J/88324 Pilot Officer
Carlton Henry Woelfle
101 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
21st July 1944, aged 25.
Grave E. 490.

Son of Jacob and Marion Woelfle, of Tavistock, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Asleep In Jesus; Oh For Me May Such A Blissful Refuge Be"



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