Red Deer Cemetery War Memorial

 

 
Red Deer, Alberta

The Memorial commemorates the men who died during training at CFB Penhold during World War II. It also marks the 50th anniversary of a war agreement that made Canada the main training area for Commonwealth Airmen.

The inscription on the Cenotaph reads:

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO
MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN #36 SFTS. R.A.F.
PENHOLD THE WERE KILLED WHILE ON
ACTIVE SERVICE 1941-1944 AT PENHOLD
R.A.F.

LAC CUTHBERT W.C. ELLIS
F/LT RALPH MOUNT
LAC IVON C.J. DAVIES
SGT. GORDON R. BENNETT
LAC CHARLES E.D. WEVER
F/SGT. JAMES A. FOWLER
LAC NEVIL W. ARMSTRONG
SGT. BARRY H. THOMPSON
LAC CHARLES G. MANN GM.
LAC REGINALD J. WHYTE
LAC NORMAN W.A. PRESLAND
PO. GORDON WILLIAMS
LAC OWEN WILLIAM WYNNE
LAC DONALD B. YOUNG
LAC CYRIL W. SMITH
LAC PETER J. STUART
SGT. KENNETH L. GLOVER
A/FLT. SGT. GEORGE F. JENNINGS
LAC R. DELAMERE
CPL. STANLEY RYDER
LAC RALPH A. STEVENS
LAC ARTHUR S. WHITE
LAC PHILIP C. BUSHEL
F/O RONALD LAY
LAC PHILIP A. CARTER
LAC MAXWELL JOHN CLARK
LAC KENNETH E. BIGGS
F/O DAVID MERRY
LAC JACK MANN
P/O DONALD J. STEWART
LAC RICHARD R. GILPIN
LAC DUNCAN MCK. TRUSSLER
LAC CHARLES W. THORP
LAC GERALD R. FLISHER
LAC GEORGE D. CONWAY

THEY SOAR WITH THE EAGLES
DEDICATED BY 703 (CENTRAL ALBERTA) WING
R.C.A.F.A. AND EX-R.A.F. MEMBERS AND FRIENDS

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