Sergeant
GEORGE EDWARD (G E) DERBYSHIRE

• Sergeant GEORGE EDWARD DERBYSHIRE's Story

• 	Born 17 March 1909 in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
  	Occupation Worked as a School Teacher prior to enlisting.
  	Enlisted 17 May 1941 in Brandon, Manitoba | Age: 32 years
  	Buried 4 September 1942 - SILLOTH (CAUSEWAYHEAD) CEMETERY | Age: 33 years

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Interesting Facts

• Born at Moose Jaw, Sask. Educated at Moose Jaw College and the Normal School in Regina, graduating with a first-class teacher's certificate at age nineteen, having won several prizes for general proficiency and a scholarship in English Literature. Went on to teach school at Willows, SK. M. Thelma M. Jenner Sep. 1937. Children, boy and girl. Enl. at Regina July 1940 and trained at Mossbank, Regina and Rivers. Overseas Feb 1942 and served in Great Britain. He was killed in an unspecified accident at Rosthwaite, near Keswick, Cumberland, England. Surv wife, children and brother, Thomas Herbert, all at Willows, SK. and sister, Mrs. Elsie Caldwell, at Varney, Ont. 

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Fallen Soldiers from Moosejaw Saskatchewan, Canada

• Sergeant
  DERBYSHIRE, GEORGE EDWARD
  4 September 1942
  SILLOTH (CAUSEWAYHEAD) CEMETERY
  

Fallen Comrades of the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Flight Sergeant
  GRACIE, WILLIAM BROWN
  5 August 1944
  DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER)
  
• Flying Officer
  FLEMING, VINCENT BERNARD
  25 February 1945
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Sergeant
  LAUT, GEORGE WESTON
  7 March 1945
  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  COWIE, ERIC EDMOND
  3 February 1944
  OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  MERCER, KEITH PATERSON
  13 November 1942
  SCAMPTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
  
• Leading Aircraftman
  WHYTE, DAVID ALLEN
  7 July 1943
  ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
  
• Leading Aircraftman
  BOYD, JOSEPH ARTHUR WILLIAM
  19 November 1940
  MONTREAL (NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES) CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  FLATT, WILLIAM HENRY
  23 June 1943
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Sergeant
  GARNETT, FRANCIS CAMPBELL
  10 March 1942
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Pilot Officer
  MEYER, MELVIN MAIER
  23 June 1943
  REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  MARTIN, RICHARD CHARLES
  16 June 1944
  ARRAS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  HAY, GEORGE
  5 January 1945
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL