Beechmount Cemetery, Edmonton, Canada

Cemetery Details

Location
Co‑ordinates N53.57945, W113.49939
Description

During the 1939-1945 War, Canadian Infantry troops were stationed at Edmonton; No.13 Vocational Training School was set up; and the airfield formed a link in the North-West Staging Route. Most of the war graves lie in Blocks 206 and 208. The cemetery also contains a Cross of Sacrifice. There are now 5, 1914-1918 and over 70, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.

Names

Showing 2 people of interest from cemetery

OAKES, Leslie William

Service number N176391
Leading Aircraftman
Born 20 Sep 1922

EASTHER, Leonard Alfred

Service number 429801
Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Other Commonwealth Forces
Born 19 Dec 1921

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