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

• Corporal
  COWAN, WILLIAM BOYLE
  28 December 1945
  SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  PIERCY, REGINALD FRANK
  25 February 1945
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Sergeant
  GARDNER, ROBERT WALTER
  8 November 1941
  BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  JONES, ALLAN
  16 March 1944
  DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  STRACHAN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
  7 July 1941
  SCHIERMONNIKOOG (VREDENHOF) CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  FILLINGHAM, THOMAS ASHTON
  12 June 1943
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flight Sergeant
  SCRIMES, FRANK JOHN BARNES
  2 June 1942
  UDEN WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE ELLIS
  7 July 1941
  BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  DIXON, WILLIAM ALLISON
  31 March 1944
  DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  GRANT, WILLIAM JOHN PETER
  28 May 1942
  TOWYN CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  FIGG, ARTHUR HARRY
  29 August 1941
  FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  JOLICOEUR, FERNAND LEO
  28 January 1945
  DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY