Canada's commitment to NATO, since its inception in 1949, resulted in the stationing of the Canadian 27 Army Brigade group in Hannover, Germany. In 1953, with the establishment of new camps in the area, wives and children were allowed to make the journey from Canada to join their husbands and fathers in Germany.
The Canadian Brigade serving with NATO was garrisoned in the British occupied zone of Germany, thus coming under the command of the British Army of the Rhine. And so the British Military Cemetery in Hannover became the last resting place for 85 post war Canadian military and for 67 Canadian dependant wives and children who died while living in Hannover. In addition, prior to the establishment of a Canadian Section in the Werl Cemetery, post war military and dependants from the Werl area were buried in Hannover.
Name: B. W. G. Nightingale
Died: 10 December 1957
Cemetery: Hannover
Service: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Service Number: SG 67409
Rank: Private
Age: 19
The Canadian Brigade serving with NATO was garrisoned in the British occupied zone of Germany, thus coming under the command of the British Army of the Rhine. And so the British Military Cemetery in Hannover became the last resting place for 85 post war Canadian military and for 67 Canadian dependant wives and children who died while living in Hannover. In addition, prior to the establishment of a Canadian Section in the Werl Cemetery, post war military and dependants from the Werl area were buried in Hannover.
Name: B. W. G. Nightingale
Died: 10 December 1957
Cemetery: Hannover
Service: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Service Number: SG 67409
Rank: Private
Age: 19
Canada's commitment to NATO, since its inception in 1949, resulted in the stationing of the Canadian 27 Army Brigade group in Hannover, Germany. In 1953, with the establishment of new camps in the area, wives and children were allowed to make the journey from Canada to join their husbands and fathers in Germany.
The Canadian Brigade serving with NATO was garrisoned in the British occupied zone of Germany, thus coming under the command of the British Army of the Rhine. And so the British Military Cemetery in Hannover became the last resting place for 85 post war Canadian military and for 67 Canadian dependant wives and children who died while living in Hannover. In addition, prior to the establishment of a Canadian Section in the Werl Cemetery, post war military and dependants from the Werl area were buried in Hannover.
Name: B. W. G. Nightingale
Died: 10 December 1957
Cemetery: Hannover
Service: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Service Number: SG 67409
Rank: Private
Age: 19
The Canadian Brigade serving with NATO was garrisoned in the British occupied zone of Germany, thus coming under the command of the British Army of the Rhine. And so the British Military Cemetery in Hannover became the last resting place for 85 post war Canadian military and for 67 Canadian dependant wives and children who died while living in Hannover. In addition, prior to the establishment of a Canadian Section in the Werl Cemetery, post war military and dependants from the Werl area were buried in Hannover.
Name: B. W. G. Nightingale
Died: 10 December 1957
Cemetery: Hannover
Service: Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Service Number: SG 67409
Rank: Private
Age: 19
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