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Ronald Gordon Ellis

In memory of:

Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Ellis

July 18, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/28202

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Gordon Cecil and Jessie Chapman Ellis of Ingersoll, Ontario. Husband of Marie Ellen Ellis, of Dieppe, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VI. E. 16.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Ellis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Ellis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Ellis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Ronald Gordon Ellis 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ronald Gordon Ellis– Ron Ellis alone with Lady MacBeth gwgardiner@hotmail.com will provide pictureson request

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    Photo of Ronald Gordon Ellis – Ron Ellis alone with Lady MacBeth gwgardiner@hotmail.com will provide pictureson request
  • Group Photo– George,Ron, Fred, Phil and Eddie on leave in front of Lady MacBeth Straford Upon Avon

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    Group Photo – George,Ron, Fred, Phil and Eddie on leave in front of Lady MacBeth Straford Upon Avon
  • Group Photo– GW Gardiner Pilot: Bill Gillespie Tail Gunner : Ron Ellis Bomb Aimer Jack Cunningham Flt. Engineer. In the background is plane F(Freddie). This is the plane that went down July 18 1944. Except for the pilot the other 3 men were killed.

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    Group Photo – GW Gardiner Pilot: Bill Gillespie Tail Gunner : Ron Ellis Bomb Aimer Jack Cunningham Flt. Engineer. In the background is plane F(Freddie). This is the plane that went down July 18 1944. Except for the pilot the other 3 men were killed.
  • Photo collage– Ron Ellis with members of his crew

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    Photo collage – Ron Ellis with members of his crew
  • Photograph– This is F for Freddie Halifax B111LW217 , a plane from above knocked off the right tail wing.Resulting in the death of three crew members.My Dad was the pilot. gwgardiner@hotmail.com Title crew.

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    Photograph – This is F for Freddie Halifax B111LW217 , a plane from above knocked off the right tail wing.Resulting in the death of three crew members.My Dad was the pilot. gwgardiner@hotmail.com Title crew.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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