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Military service
Service number:
J/88396
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
May 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. H. 18-22.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
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Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
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Sign
Entrance of Rheinberg Cemetery -
Cemetery Registry
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Grave marker
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Photo of Donovan Emmerson
Don Graduated from Western University in London . He and his friend Noble Tufford joined the cause(rid the World from Nazism).Don died 2 weeks before "D" day . He almost made it home. -
Article
Silver Cross Family Nov 5/06 . Step mother Merle was asked to Lay wreath but at 100 yrs of age she had to say No. Don's sister Ann Grimes laid the wreath on behalf of Donovan's family -
Photo of Donovan Derbyshire
Fearless? but laughingly he met the hun. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
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Photo of Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
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Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
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Service Book
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donovan Emmerson Derbyshire
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 289 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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