Hotel (Total: 4, Canadian: 4, Group 0)
Non-Aircraft Hotel
Hotel serial AngloSwissHotel
s/n AngloSwissHotel
Anglo Swiss Hotel
Hotel serial CravenHill
s/n CravenHill
Craven Hill
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last update: 2026-March-20Hotel serial GriffinHotel
s/n GriffinHotel
Griffin Hotel
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last update: 2026-March-20Hotel serial MetropoleHotel
s/n MetropoleHotel
Metropole Hotel
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Bombing of the Metropole Hotel
Metropole Hotel 1943
3 Personnel Reception Centre (3 PRC) was the Metropole Hotel in Bournemouth UK. 3 PRC was were airmen arriving in Britain would await placement in active Squadrons, or be assigned to additional training. On May 23, 1943 a German bombing cause the loss of life of 131 people in Bournemouth including 10 RCAF staying at the hotel.
Dorset Historylast update: 2026-August-19
1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Geoffrey Abbott 2024-11-01 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Assaf 2021-02-18 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant David Rainnie Chalmers 2024-01-26
1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Robert Richard Courtney 2024-05-05 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Leading Aircraftman Earle Oscar Milton Gilbert 2021-04-13 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Alexander Colin Matheson 2021-09-23 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Raymond Francis Pelrine 2021-04-13 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Julian Louis Soos 2021-02-25 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Corporal William Godfrey Wood 2021-04-13 1943-May-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Ross Clifton Woods 2021-04-13