Sherren Family Tree » William Douglas Sherren Jr. M.B.E. (Capt.) (1914-1945)

Personal data William Douglas Sherren Jr. M.B.E. (Capt.) 


Household of William Douglas Sherren Jr. M.B.E. (Capt.)

He is married to Florence Maude Strickland.

They got married in the year 1937, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

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Notes about William Douglas Sherren Jr. M.B.E. (Capt.)

Captain William D. Sherren enlisted in WW II on January 5th, 1941, as a lieutenant with the 2 Survey Reg.,Royal Canadian Artillery. He went to England the same year and landed in France shortly after D Day. He was promoted to rank of Captain, and saw much action in Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was mentioned in dispatches, and on March 15, 1945 was awarded the MBE with citation as follows:

"For the most valuable contribution in designing special equipment for use by Survey Regiments in the Field. He worked hard a building up an excellent troop, which throughout the whole campaign has done excellent work and helped in no small way to bring about our final victory. Captain Sherren’s name is famous in all Survey Regiments; as he produced many improvements. Even in Italy a great number of enemy guns were located by means of the Sherren plotter."

He was seriously wounded in Germany in 1943 and died on April 28, 1945. He is buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Holland. [Taken from Janet Kendell's on line tree]

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate:
"In Memory of Captain WILLIAM DOUGLAS SHERREN, M B E
2 Survey Regt., Royal Canadian Artillery
who died age 30 on 28 April 1945
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sherren; husband of Florence Maude Sherren,
of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Remembered with honour HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY"

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Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1914

  • The temperature on November 25, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
    • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
    • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.

Day of death April 28, 1945

  • The temperature on April 28, 1945 was between 2.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
    • February 14 » World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by an American squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
    • March 31 » World War II: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1, the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, to the Americans, the first to fall into Allied hands.
    • May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    • May 11 » World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USSBunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes.
    • December 19 » John Amery, British Fascist, is executed at the age of 33 by the British Government for treason.

Day of burial April 30, 1945

  • The temperature on April 30, 1945 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
    • April 29 » World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.
    • June 14 » World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
    • June 29 » The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
    • July 16 » Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
    • August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.


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