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Military service
Service number:
106232
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division:
226 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 4, 1922
Craik, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 25, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 71.
Additional information
Third son of the Rev. Bertie James Pasterfield, Associate of King's College, (A.K.C.), and Lilian Bishop Pasterfield, of Armitage Rectory, Staffordshire, England. Though born in Canada, his family subsequently lived in Watrous, Kamsack and Outlook until 1931 when the 'Dirty Thirties' wiped out the clergy's financial support. The family then returned to England. When the Second World War broke out, Pilot Officer Pasterfield joined the RAF. His two brothers, Dunstan and Philip joined the armed forces, Dunstan serving in the Indian Army in India and Burma; Philip in the British Army. William became a bomber pilot and took part in various aerial actions over Europe until April of 1942 when his plane was shot down over the English Channel when returning from a raid over France. No trace of the plane nor his body was ever found and he was duly reported as missing believed killed and in due course, reported as deceased. The Government of Saskatchewan has named Pasterfield Lake in his honour.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 615 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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