Southwold Township Memorial Plaque

These memorials are dedicated to those from Southwold Township who died in the First and Second World Wars.

Inscription

[plaque/plaque]
RCAF NO. 4 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL

No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School was a unit of the British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Plan, from April 29,
1940 to March 15,1945, graduated over 130,000 air crew, of
which 73,000 were Canadians. No. 4 B&GS consisted of the
main station at Fingal
bombing ranges at Dutton,
Melbourne, Frome and Tempo
a Marine Section at Port
Stanley
and bombing and gunnery ranges on Lake Erie.
No. 4 B&GS operated from November 25, 1940 to February 17,
1945, during which time over 6,000 non-pilot aircrew members
graduated from the School. This memorial is dedicated to
all who served at No. 4 B&GS, especially to those named
on the back of this plaque, who lost their lives in the
course of the duty at Fingal.

Erected by:
Kettle Creek Conservation Authority
Private Donations
Province of Ontario

[the photo does not show the list of names on the back of the plaque/la photo ne montre pas la liste de noms figurant à l’endos de la plaque]

[flagpole plaque/plaque du mât]
This flagpole is dedicated
to the memory of the 18 personnel
who lost their lives in flying accidents
and to those who gave their lives
while serving on this station

“We Shall Remember Them”

Erected By
#4 B&G School Association
August 27, 1997

[plaque]
“I give them eternal life and
they shall never perish.” John 10:28

8 Dec 1940, BATTLE 1650.
C2789 F/0 L.A. HOOD, (USA) PILOT
R78032 AC2 E.W. BOURNE, CREWMAN
R71450 AC2 J.H. MCNALLY, CREWMAN

23 NOV 1942, LYSANDER, 2332.
R116691 SGT/PILOT R.C. GRAY
R76059 CPL H.H. HILCHIE, DROGUE OPERATOR

6 JAN 1943, LYSANDER, 1540.
F/SGT E. PRENTICE, PILOT
CPL M.M. NICHOLSON, DROGUE OPERATOR

19 OCT 1943, LYSANDER, 2427.
WO2 M.T. LAVOIE, PILOT
LAC L. RENAUD, DROGUE OPERATOR

2 DEC 1943, GROUND ACCIDENT,
R165966 LAC E.J. DEPLANCHE

.1 AUG 1944, ANSON I, 6711
J42808 P/O K.M. JOYCE, PILOT
J44121 P/O T.H. REES, INSTRUCTOR
R149817 LAC D.F. MCLAY, STUDENT
429023 LAC S.C. TURNER, R.A.A.F., STUDENT

12 AUG 1944, ANSON I, 6276.
R203152 SGT E.D. HAWKINS
R209421 SGT R.D. SHARP

20 JAN 1945, BOLINGBROKE IV(T), 10019.
J29114 F/O J.D. ALLAN, PILOT
441609 LAC L.C.J. WATT, R.A.A.F., STUDENT
8256F LAC W.T.F. NEVILLE, R.A.A.F., STUDENT

Ces mémoriaux sont dédiés aux habitants du canton de Southwold qui ont été tués pendant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.