Music for Veterans Project & Royal Commonwealth Society VI present a special commemorative event at Royal Oak Burial Park on October 28th
10 a.m.
Honouring Commonwealth Aircrew of the Second World War
Music honouring Commonwealth Aircrew
Music composed by youth to honour 11 individual airmen who lost their lives in training, or while serving in non-combat roles, during the Second World War. Recorded by Lucas McKinnon at Tom Lee Music on October 15th, 2023, and premiered at an outdoor ceremony at one of the Commonwealth War Grave locations at Royal Oak Burial Park, British Columbia, Canada on October 28th, 2023.
We acknowledge that the land on which we gather for this commemorative event takes place on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people.
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Photos & biographical information of RCAF & RAF war dead sourced from CVWM & Second World War Service Files - War dead, 1939-1947