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Son of George and Jennie Lawson. Husband of Annie Mildred Lawson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Cousin of Sergeant Percy Roy Lawson, 4th Mounted Canadian Rifles, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, died in battle on 9 April 1917.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Lawson, Orval Percy - Pilot Officer. Born 14th May, 1917, at Artland, Sask. Educated at Exeter, One. Entered the service of the Bank 6th June, 1935. Served at Hamilton and other branches in Ontario. Enlisted 30th January, 1942, from Orillia in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in January, 1944; Pilot Officer 6th May, 1944. Trained at Toronto, Jarvis, Ont., and Chatham, N.B. Overseas in June, 1943. Attached to Coastal Command in North Africa in January, 1944. Missing after air operations on 7th May, 1944. Officially presumed dead April, 1945.<br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson
Remembering cousins lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Lawson, Orval Percy - Pilot Officer. Born 14th May, 1917, at Artland, Sask. Educated at Exeter, One. Entered the service of the Bank 6th June, 1935. Served at Hamilton and other branches in Ontario. Enlisted 30th January, 1942, from Orillia in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in January, 1944; Pilot Officer 6th May, 1944. Trained at Toronto, Jarvis, Ont., and Chatham, N.B. Overseas in June, 1943. Attached to Coastal Command in North Africa in January, 1944. Missing after air operations on 7th May, 1944. Officially presumed dead April, 1945.<br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Orval Percy Lawson is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering cousins lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt
Alamein is a village which is bypassed by the main coast road approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the way to Mersa Matruh.
The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all cemetery visitors should turn off from the main road onto the old coast road, which is parallel to the former. The cemetery and the ALAMEIN MEMORIAL both lie beyond the ridge. Road direction signs are in place approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path which leads down through the memorial building and into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road.
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