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William Marcus Pepper

In memory of:

Pilot Officer William Marcus Pepper

December 17, 1941

Military Service

Service Number:

J/8618

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#2 Air Observer School

Additional Information

Son of William Marc and Blanche Frigon Pepper, of Westmount, Quebec; husband of Audrey Elizabeth Pepper.

Commemorated on Page 41 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HAVERIGG (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD
Westmoreland, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 429.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Cemetery– Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Church, Haverigg, Cumbria. (Photo Matthew Emmott) P/O Pepper was killed Dec. 17, 1941 when Anson aircraft N9842 crashed during a training flight at #2 Air Observer School, Millom near Haverigg. Also killed was P/O (OB) Owen Crump who is buried in the Rippleside Cemetery, Barking, Essex, Eng. and Sgt. (P) Wm. J. Peggie who is buried in the Abbotshall Churchyard Cemetery, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. (Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old" Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.)

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    Cemetery – Commonwealth graves at St. Luke's Church, Haverigg, Cumbria. (Photo Matthew Emmott) P/O Pepper was killed Dec. 17, 1941 when Anson aircraft N9842 crashed during a training flight at #2 Air Observer School, Millom near Haverigg. Also killed was P/O (OB) Owen Crump who is buried in the Rippleside Cemetery, Barking, Essex, Eng. and Sgt. (P) Wm. J. Peggie who is buried in the Abbotshall Churchyard Cemetery, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. (Courtesy "They Shall Grow Not Old" Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.)
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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