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Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley

In memory of:

Flying Officer Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley

August 17, 1944
Sea Southwest of Serjerø Islan, Denmark

Military Service


Service Number:

J/22846

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

428 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 450 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

FAAREVEJLE CHURCHYARD
Denmark

Grave Reference:

Grave E. 866.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of JOSEPH RALPH GORDON SRIGLEY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOSEPH RALPH GORDON SRIGLEY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley– Missed, not forgotten.
  • Photo of JOSEPH RALPH GORDON SRIGLEY– Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by their crewmate Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was the only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero, then to Stalag Luft VII, Bankau.
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From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator),  William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner),  Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot),  Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner).  
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Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of crewmate Robert Toomey.... 

Credit website:  "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website.
  • Group Photo– Photo of aircrew.
L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.

Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com 
Used with permission.
  • Group Photo– From left to right William Fairgrieve, Joseph Srigley, Leonard Brown. Photo from Robert E. Toomey, their crew mate.
Courtesy of C. Lafleur
  • Cemetery– Photo of Faarevejle Church
Courtesy www.wikimedia.org
Graves of F/O Srigley and a member of the RAF lie 100 meters behind the church.
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley is 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
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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