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Roll of Honour
W. W. Wagner
Flight Sergeant W.W. Wagner, Royal Canadian Air Force, 23,
was reported missing after a raid on Worms on February 21,
1945 and was assumed to having been killed in action. A Wireless
Operator, he was with the famed Goose Squadron of Bomber Command.
He joined the bank at Napanee, Ontario in March 1940, enlisting
from that branch on November 30, 1942.
L. H. Walton
Flying Officer L.H. Walton, Royal Canadian Air Force, 23,
was reported missing after air operations over Naples, Italy
on July 21, 1943 and was assumed to having been killed in
action. Walton entered the bank at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Queen and Bruce branch on December 5, 1938 and served at several
branches in Ontario before enlisting from Kirkland Lake, Ontario
branch on November 21, 1941.
J. D. Waterman
Flight Lieutenant J.D. Waterman, Royal Canadian Air Force,
24, reported missing after air operations overseas in September
3, 1943, was assumed to having been killed in action. Waterman
entered the bank at Vancouver, British Columbia, Robson Street
branch on October 18, 1938 and enlisted from Victoria, British
Columbia, Fort Street branch on August 10, 1940. A veteran
of more than 50 missions over Danzig, Emden, Berlin and other
targets in Germany and North Africa, he was awarded the D.F.C.
in August 1942.
A.B.C.C. Webb
Second Lieutenant A.B.C.C. Webb, 30, was killed in action
in Burma on February 19, 1942. He entered the bank on January
7, 1929 at Barcelona, Spain and was transferred to London,
England branch in January 1937. He joined the Army as a volunteer
on November 15th, 1939 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant
in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on October 26,
1941.
H. W. Welch
Pilot Officer H.W. Welch, Royal Canadian Air Force, 27,
who was reported missing on February 19, 1943 while flying
over the Naval base of Wilhelmshaven, was assumed to having
been killed in action. He was a navigator on a Lancaster Bomber
in the Path-finding Squadron. Welch entered the bank at Kincardine,
Ontario branch on April 10, 1934 and enlisted from Brantford,
Ontario branch on October 12, 1940.
A. L. Weller
Pilot Officer A.L. Weller, Royal Canadian Air Force, 25,
who was reported missing after a mine laying operation on
March 9, 1943, was assumed to having been killed in action.
He entered the bank at Kamloops, British Columbia branch on
December 15, 1936 and enlisted from Vernon, British Columbia
branch on February 13, 1941. He took part in 24 operational
flights ranging as far as Italy.
J. A. Wilson
Captain J.A. Wilson, Canadian Army Overseas, 33, was killed
in action in Italy as he led his company in the successful
attack on the Hitler Line on May 23, 1944. Wilson entered
the bank at Toronto, Ontario, Danforth and Dawes branch on
May 10, 1930 and served at several branches in Toronto and
at Barrie, Ontario before enlisting in the 48th Highlanders
from Toronto, Yonge and Richmond branch on March 8, 1940.
J. A. Woodward
Flight Lieutenant J.A. Woodward, Royal Canadian Air Force,
24, died September 27, 1944 from wounds received in aerial
operations over Germany. He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery,
Woking, Surrey, England. Woodward entered the bank at Stratford,
Ontario on July 18, 1938 and enlisted from that branch on
April 20, 1941.
G. A. Wright
Private G.A. Wright, Canadian Army Overseas, 20, was killed
in action on September 14, 1944 while attached to the Canadian
Armed Forces in Belgium. Wright entered the bank at Smooth
Rock Falls, Ontario branch on September 12, 1940 and enlisted
from Drayton, Ontario branch on March 28, 1943.
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