In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Edward Blake Clampitt

who died on 12 Mar 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R114787
  Date of death 19430312
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R114787 Flight Sergeant (No. 106 Squadron RAF air gunner) Edward Blake (Ted) Clampitt (b.1914) of Woodrow was KIA 19430312 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, Germany. Clampitt's Lancaster was shot down during a bombing raid on Dusseldorf. His family came from Liverpool, Merseyside, England, to Moosomin in 1893, settling at S15-9-6-W3 north of Woodrow in 1907. He was the son of Franklin Ryle and Barbara Josephine (Reid) Clampitt. Ted attended McCarter school and was teaching at Spring school near Wymark when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 74 - Wood River
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Lafleche
  Geo-memorial Clampitt Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.9167°N / 109.9167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74F13
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cluff Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19140904
  Place of birth Woodrow    
  Date of enlistment 19410722
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Woodrow    
  Occupation teacher
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