Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest Dyer Figg
In memory of:
Flying Officer Ernest Dyer Figg
July 29, 1944
Military Service
J/25745
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
February 24, 1924
Edmonton, Alberta
May 22, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta
Son of Ernest A. Figg and Ethel Figg, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Brother of Sergeant Arthur Harry Figg, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Commemorated on Page 304 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
3. F. Coll. grave 2-6.
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Ernest Dyer Figg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Ernest Dyer Figg is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 ERNEST DYER FIGG – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of ERNEST DYER FIGG – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Bulletin September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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