Sergeant
WILLIAM ROBERT (W R) MATTLESS

• Sergeant WILLIAM ROBERT MATTLESS's Story

• 	Born 17 May 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  	Occupation Worked as a Payroll Clerk (United Steel Corporation) prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 27 November 1942 in Toronto, Ontario | Age: 19 years
  	Buried 16 September 1944 - BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY | Age: 21 years

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Interesting Facts

• Son of John Robert and Lucy May (nee Lovell) Mattless, of Toronto, ON. Brother of Vincent, Earl, Leonard and Arnold (who served alongside William in Italy). Attended Strathcona Public School and the Western School of Commerce.

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Fallen Soldiers from Toronto Ontario, Canada

• Lieutenant
  SWITZER, ALBERT ROBERT
  23 April 1919
  BRAMSHOTT (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
  
• Pilot Officer
  HEATHER, RODERICK JOHN
  12 March 1943
  HAVERHILL CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  GODFREY, THOMAS ROBINETTE
  18 February 1942
  SILLOTH (CAUSEWAYHEAD) CEMETERY
  
• Lieutenant
  DRUMMOND, LINDSAY
  18 May 1917
  ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
  
• Flying Officer
  CLEWORTH, STANLEY FRANKLIN
  27 December 1943
  SILLOTH (CAUSEWAYHEAD) CEMETERY
  
• Gunner
  TAGGART, JOHN EDGINGTON
  10 July 1944
  TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY
  
• Private
  ARNETT, ALBERT IRA
  24 July 1916
  RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND
  
• Gunner
  DIX, JOHN CHARLES
  22 July 1944
  BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  MATTLESS, WILLIAM ROBERT
  16 September 1944
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Lance Corporal
  MCKECHNIE, HAMILTON ARTHUR
  6 June 1944
  BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Private
  YATES, FRANK
  9 April 1917
  PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  HINCHCLIFFE, WILLIAM EDWARD
  24 August 1943
  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Pilot Officer
  HENDERSON, DAVID LOUDEN SUTHERLAND
  14 August 1944
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  MORAN, THOMAS MATHESON
  13 May 1943
  REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  CARLETON, REGINALD HARVEY
  31 March 1944
  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  JONES, ROY HOWARD
  13 July 1945
  TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  DOLDING, ARTHUR JOHN
  17 November 1942
  SAFFRON WALDEN CEMETERY
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  KINNEY, IRVIN JAMES
  4 April 1945
  BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  FISHER, FREDERICK GEORGE
  27 February 1945
  HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  RAHKOLA, WAYNE JOHN
  8 January 1945
  DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  SHIELDS, KENNETH JAMES
  20 December 1944
  HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Lieutenant Navigator
  STINGLE, ROBERT JOHN
  25 April 1945
  BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  SHAW, STUART RESSER
  29 December 1943
  NEWTON STEWART CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  VERES, STEPHEN JOHN
  12 June 1945
  TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY