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Henry Gerald Peel

In memory of:

Sergeant Henry Gerald Peel

July 13, 1941
Off the coast of Esposendes, Portugal

Military Service

Service Number:

R/65821

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

#15 Operational Training Unit

Additional Information

Son of C. Newton Peel and Hazel Peel, of Cannington, Ontario.

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:

OPORTO (ST. JAMES) BRITISH CHURCHYARD
Portugal

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Coll. grave 774.

Location:

Oporto, a seaport and the second largest city in Portugal, is on the northern bank of the river Douro. It has a cathedral and a university. The churchyard of the British church of St. James, Largo Maternitate Julio Diniz, contains the graves of 11 airmen from three aircraft which crashed near Oporto at different times during the Second World War.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of HENRY GERALD PEEL– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HENRY GERALD PEEL – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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
  • Memorial– Sergeant Henry Gerald Peel is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Henry Gerald Peel 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

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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
  • Memorial– Sergeant Henry Gerald Peel is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Henry Gerald Peel is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Inscription for Henry Gerald Peel on his parents headstone in Cedar Vale Cemetery, Cannington, Brock Twp., Durham Region, Ontario. Photo credit: Roger Shier, June 18, 2016

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    Memorial – Inscription for Henry Gerald Peel on his parents headstone in Cedar Vale Cemetery, Cannington, Brock Twp., Durham Region, Ontario. Photo credit: Roger Shier, June 18, 2016

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