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427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force

The picture source gives "No. 427 Squadron formed at Croft ...{County Durham}... as another of the RCAF's bomber squadrons, becoming part of No. 6 Group on 1 January 1943."  Moved to RAF Leeming, Y...

Group, Canada

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No 6 Group Headquarters, Royal Canadian Air Force

No 6 Group Headquarters, Royal Canadian Air Force

Wikipedia says this group oversaw the Royal Canadian Air Force heavy bomber squadrons in Europe during WW2, 1942 - 1945. It operated out of airfields in Yorkshire. Latin motto: Sollertia et Ingeni...

Group, Canada

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Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas WW2 HQ

Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas WW2 HQ

This Headquarters provided central support to some 85,000 Canadian personnel who served in 48 RCAF Squadrons and with numerous RAF units. In all, 14,455 Canadian airmen made the supreme sacrifice w...

Group, Canada

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Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

Wikipedia, our picture source, tell you all you need to know about the Stanley Cup, even the name of the silversmith from whom Lord Stanley bought it, G. R. Collis and Company (now Boodle and Dunth...

Concept, Sport / Games, Canada

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Lord Stanley of Preston

Lord Stanley of Preston

Politician and Keen sportsman. 16th Earl of Derby. Born London, second son of Prime Minister Lord Stanley. Governor General of Canada, 1888 - 1893. His sons became keen hockey players so he and his...

Person, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Canada

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Nobby Stiles

Nobby Stiles

Football player and manager. Born Norbert Peter Stiles in Collyhurst, Manchester. He played for Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Preston North End and was in the winning England team in the 1966 W...

Person, Sport / Games, Canada

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Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Smith

Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Smith

Born Scotland.   Emigrated to Canada in 1838 to work with the Hudson's Bay Company.  He worked his way up the company and entered politics, made his fortune and was knighted in 1886.  Died  28 Gros...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Canada

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Flying Officer Kenneth Samson Taylor

Flying Officer Kenneth Samson Taylor

Kenneth Samson Taylor was born on 25 March 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the youngest of the four children of Dr Royall Hegetschweiler Taylor (1873-1956) and May Maud Taylor née Holloway (188...

Person, Canada, USA

War dead, WW2
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David Thompson

David Thompson

Fur-trader, surveyor and mapmaker. Born Dafydd ap Thomas at Marsham Street, London. He was chosen to be an apprentice to the Hudson Bay Company. Transferring to the North West Company in 1797 he em...

Person, Exploring, Canada

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C. E. Leighton Thomson

C. E. Leighton Thomson

Vicar of Chelsea Old Church 1950-92. From 1986 was a canon of St Paul's. Andrew Behan has researched this man: The Reverend Prebendary Clarke Edward Leighton Thomson was born on 25 April 1919 in ...

Person, Religion, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Egypt

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