Canada

War memorial launched in remembrance of Second World War Canadian soldiers

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The Duke of Gloucester has unveiled a national memorial launched by 2 RAF stations to all Canadian Airmen and women who fought with the allies during the Second World War.

The stations, RAF Leeming and Linton on Ouse both in the north of the UK were home to Canadian airmen during the war.

The memorial is located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire; the UK’s year-round centre of Remembrance will be a stone monolith with granite information panels in English and French, topped by a stone maple leaf.

An RAF-led fundraising effort is now underway inviting individuals and businesses in Canada and the UK to join the campaign in an attempt to raise the funds needed to complete the work by Summer 2011.

The Royal Canadian Air Force contributed more than 130,000 aircrew to the war effort - the fourth largest allied air force and over 10,000 lost their lives.