Billington Funeral

Item number: A992.0003.309
Creator: Henderson, J. Gordon - Photographer
Date: November 19, 1943
Early date: 1943-11-19
Later date: 1943-11-19
Dimensions: 3.5 x 5 in.
Who
Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Royal Navy (RN)
What
Air bases, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, War, World War II, 1939-1945
Where
Goderich, Ontario
Object type
Negative, Film
Theme
Funerals and Memorials
Medium
Safety Film

A992.0003.309a

Billington Funeral

Black and white image of a funeral in a cemetery. There are men in Fleet Air Arm uniforms standing around the gravesite. A Union Jack is flying on a post at half mast. Some of the men have removed their hats. There is patches of snow on the ground and trees visible in the background. The negative (labelled a) was accompanied by one black and white print (labelled b). Both the negative and the print were stored in a white envelope with "161 Billington funeral" written on the envelope in blue ink.

Rights: Public Domain