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George Rivers Sanderson Fleming

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant George Rivers Sanderson Fleming

April 17, 1917

Military Service

Age:

31

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Naval Air Service

Additional Information

Son of Atwell and Sara Sheppherd Fleming, of 54 Elm Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 577 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PLAINE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Bas-Rhin, France

Grave Reference:

324

Location:

Plaine is a village in the Department of the Bas-Rhin, formerly part of Alsace (Elsass). The Cemetery is situated on the south-west side of the village. The Commonwealth war graves plot is in the South-West corner. The Plaine French National Cemetery was made in 1921. There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 10 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers known or believed to be buried among them.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of GEORGE RIVERS SANDERSON FLEMING– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of GEORGE RIVERS SANDERSON FLEMING
    Photo of GEORGE RIVERS SANDERSON FLEMING – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of George Rivers Sanderson Fleming

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    Photo of George Rivers Sanderson Fleming
  • Newspaper Article– Newspaper article including Flt. Lt. George R. S. Fleming's account of his some of his flying assignments.

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    Newspaper Article – Newspaper article including Flt. Lt. George R. S. Fleming's account of his some of his flying assignments.
  • Roll of Service– From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.

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    Roll of Service – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
  • Photo of George Fleming– From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.

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    Photo of George Fleming – From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of George Rivers Sanderson Fleming– In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of George Rivers Sanderson Fleming
    Photo of George Rivers Sanderson Fleming – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
  • Plaque– In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

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    Plaque
    Plaque – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

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    Memorial – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me

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    Memorial
    Memorial – In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– The Broadway Methodist Tabernacle (1887) was located at the northeast corner of Spadina and College in Toronto, Ontario. The congregation dated to 1872-1924. The building where the World War I memorial tablet was placed was demolished in 1930.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – The Broadway Methodist Tabernacle (1887) was located at the northeast corner of Spadina and College in Toronto, Ontario. The congregation dated to 1872-1924. The building where the World War I memorial tablet was placed was demolished in 1930.

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