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

• Flying Officer
  HEUCHERT, WILLIAM RUDOLPH
  4 August 1944
  BORAN-SUR-OISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  MCMANUS, RODNEY LEWIS
  14 January 1944
  HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
  
• Warrant Officer Class II
  MARTIN, THOMAS EDWIN
  1 September 1943
  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  SAUNDERS, HAROLD MAX
  17 December 1943
  CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  FONTAINE, RAYMOND ERNEST
  30 April 1945
  RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
  
• Sergeant
  VOSE, REGINALD BOLLES
  30 November 1941
  SAGE WAR CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  SKINGLE, DOUGLAS DAVID
  8 June 1944
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Flying Officer
  MCCLEERY, RAYMOND NORMAN
  17 December 1942
  TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY
  
• Flying Officer
  GREST, RALPH NICOLAUS
  3 December 1943
  WATROUS CEMETERY
  
• Flight Sergeant
  ROSU, SAM
  7 March 1945
  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
  
• Pilot Officer
  HARNISH, CLYDE RODERICK
  31 March 1944
  RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
  
• Pilot Officer
  BOXALL, GEORGE ROBERT
  25 April 1944
  HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY