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Edward Chatterton

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Edward Chatterton

August 30, 1944
Ove Near Hadsund, Denmark

Military Service


Service Number:

J/24313

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, General Service Badge and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar

Additional Information


Born:

August 25, 1918
Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 29, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Thomas Eden Chatterton and Janet McNeaney of Toronto, Ontario. He was a Lance Corporal with the 48th Highlanders - NPAM - in Long Branch, Ontario, from 9 October 1940 to 8 January 1941 then solider at the 20 Basic Training Centre in Brantford, Ontario, from January 8 to 27, 1942.

He served in Canada and in Great Britain.

Commemorated on Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OVE CHURCHYARD
Denmark

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Ove is in Northern Jutland, 17 kilometres east of Hobro, near the north shore of the Mariager Fjord. In a collective grave in the OVE CHURCHYARD are buried 4 airmen of the Royal Air Force and 3 of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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– Flight Lieutenant Edward Chatterton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Edward Chatterton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Edward Chatterton– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Edward Chatterton– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Record of Service– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– 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
  • Memorial– Memorial monument and collective grave of the crew of Lancaster Mk I (ME718) of No. 115 Squadron RAF at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northern Jutland, Denmark.
  • Memorial– Memorial monument commemorating the crew of Lancaster Mk I (ME718) of No. 115 squadron RAF at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northern Jutland, Denmark.

Note: The inscriptions in Danish translate as follows: "Called here in the hour of destiny, here rest in foreign ground" and "Erected by friends".
  • Memorial– Memorial monument panel at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northern Jutland, Denmark, honoring F/O Anohony M. Kovacich RCAF, P/O John C. Reeb RCAF and F/L Edward Chatterton RCAF.
  • Memorial– Memorial monument panel at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northern Jutland, Denmark.
  • Memorial– Memorial monument panel at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northetn Jutland, Denmark honoring Sgt. Leslie Taylor RAF, Sgt. Donald Bullock RAF, Sgt. Bernard Farndale RAF and P/O William G. Sankey RAF.
  • Grave marker– Grave marker of F/L Edward Chatterton at Ove Churchyard Burial Grounds, Ove, Northern Jutland, Denmark.

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