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Military service
Service number:
J/24075
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 10.
Additional information
Son of Capt. George J. Ellsmere and Agnes E. Ellsmere, of North Bay, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
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Commemorative Poster
Scotiabank produced this commemorative poster to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The poster was produced in English and in French. -
Bank of Nova Scotia, WWII Honour Roll list
Mr Ellsmere was remembered at the general meeting of the Bank of Nova Scotia on October 13, 1946. -
Photo of Ross Orval Ellsmere
In memory of the employes from the Bank of Nova Scotia who went away to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Ross Orval Ellsmere
Ross Orville ELLSMERE (1922-1944) -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere 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 -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROSS ORVAL ELLSMERE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Ross Orval Ellsmere
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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