Flight Lieutenant
WILLIAM WILSON (W W) COLLEDGE

• Flight Lieutenant WILLIAM WILSON COLLEDGE's Story

• 	Born 4 November 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  	Occupation Worked as a Student prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 25 February 1941 in Vancouver, British Columbia | Age: 22 years
  	Buried 1 July 1943 - BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY | Age: 24 years

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Interesting Facts

• Son of William Wilson Colledge and Mary A. Colledge, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

  On the 1st July 1943, Flt Lt Colledge was one of an entire aircrew killed during a non-operational instruction flight over Wiltshire, England. The aircraft (Oxford X6858) took off from RAF Hullavington. Flt Lt Colledge was the Instructor Pilot for this flight, and although he instructed his pupil not to fly below the minimum height of 250 feet the aircraft crashed on the edge of a wood in the low-flying area having struck the tops of trees. (London Gazette 11/.6/1943, Page 2678)

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Fallen Soldiers from Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

• Captain
  BURBIDGE, GEORGE WHEELOCK
  4 March 1943
  CASSINO MEMORIAL
  
• Sergeant
  MCCRON, SAMUEL LORNE WILFRED
  30 November 1944
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Flight Lieutenant
  COLLEDGE, WILLIAM WILSON
  1 July 1943
  BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY
  
• Private
  BERRYHILL, ROY THOMAS
  26 September 1916
  VIMY MEMORIAL
  
• Flying Officer
  GANT, MAURICE GEORGE
  27 March 1945
  LEEK (ZEVENHUIZEN)-GENERAL-CEMETERY
  
• Leading Aircraftman
  DYKER, ALLAN LLOYD
  25 June 1943
  WINNIPEG (ELMWOOD) CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  TACKABERRY, HAROLD GORDON
  1 June 1944
  SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
  
• Lance Sergeant
  FOX, JOHN ELWOOD
  24 January 1942
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Rifleman
  SARUK, EMIL
  6 June 1944
  BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant Pilot
  GORDON, JAMES
  8 July 1941
  BASSINGBOURN CUM KNEESWORTH CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant (Air Observer)
  EASTON, HERBERT ROBINSON
  8 April 1941
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flying Officer
  HARACZAY, WALTER
  8 July 1944
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Flying Officer
  BRISTOL, BEVERLY WARD
  20 September 1943
  OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL
  
• Aircraftman 1st Class
  SMALLEY, WILLIAM HENRY
  18 February 1942
  EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  HALE, EDWARD EVERETT
  15 January 1942
  THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  HICKS, REGINALD MCLEOD
  4 July 1943
  POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD
  
• Flying Officer
  SHEARSTONE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
  18 August 1944
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  MCLACHLAN, DONALD PARKER
  9 March 1943
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Lieutenant
  HYDE, GEORGE GORDON
  17 May 1941
  SCOPWICK CHURCH BURIAL GROUND
  
• Sergeant
  WALKER, WILLIAM GORDON
  27 June 1941
  TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  HORTON, DONALD ELLSWORTH
  17 June 1944
  HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
  
• Leading Aircraftman
  HARRIS, EMERSON PHILIP
  23 March 1942
  SPEERS (NEW OTTAWA) CEMETERY
  
• Warrant Officer Class I
  STEPHEN, HUBERT ANDREW
  18 November 1944
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Lieutenant
  IBBOTSON, THOMAS KARL
  31 July 1943
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY