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Military service
Service number:
J/27881
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 9, 1918
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
May 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 6. Grave 14.
Additional information
Son of George Georgeson and Mrs. Edith Caroline (née Raymond) of Banff, Calgary, Alberta. Brother of James, Raymond, Mrs. Yvonne Pritchard of Lethbridge, Alberta and Dorothy Georgeson.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, awarded his Operational Wings posthumously the 28 November 1946.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
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Banff War Memorial
Banff (Alberta) War Memorial. Erected by the Mount Rundle chapter of the I.O.D.E. and unveiled September 2nd, 1923 near the Great War Veterans' Association Memorial Hall on Banff avenue. It was made of stone from Mount Rundle. The current memorial includes a pair of World War Two panels with 29 names on either side of a central panel listing 52 World War One names. It is now located at the front wall of the Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch #26, on Banff avenue. -
Banff, Alberta
View of Banff avenue showing the location of the Royal Canadian Legion building - near the Canadian flag. The Banff (Alberta) War Memorial is located outdoors on the front wall of this building. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson 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 -
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Photo of LOUIS ROCKFORD GEORGESON
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Grave marker
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Louis Rockford Georgeson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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