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Douglas Ernest Paul

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Douglas Ernest Paul

May 6, 1941

Military Service

Service Number:

R/74343

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of W. J. Leslie Paul and of Georgina C. Paul (nee Van Exan), of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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:

IPSWICH CEMETERY
Suffolk, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. C. Div. 31. Grave 59.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Douglas Paul– Douglas Paul: killed in action at Ipswich England May 6 1941

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    Photo of Douglas Paul
    Photo of Douglas Paul – Douglas Paul: killed in action at Ipswich England May 6 1941
  • Photo 2 of Douglas Paul– Douglas Paul, at the barracks near Ipswich, where he was killed, a few days after this photo was taken.

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    Photo 2 of Douglas Paul – Douglas Paul, at the barracks near Ipswich, where he was killed, a few days after this photo was taken.
  • Photo 3 of Douglas Paul– Photo of Doug and friends, John and Bob Southall, in Trafalgar Square in London in 1941.

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    Photo 3 of Douglas Paul – Photo of Doug and friends, John and Bob Southall, in Trafalgar Square in London in 1941.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture me
  • Photo of Douglas Paul– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Douglas Paul – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1941, May 9 p. 4

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    Newspaper Clipping – Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1941, May 9 p. 4
  • Newspaper Clipping– Leading Aircraftman DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL was reported to have been Killed in Air Raid in the 43rd Royal Canadian Air Force casualty list of the war published in the Hamilton Spectator on May 13, 1941.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Leading Aircraftman DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL was reported to have been Killed in Air Raid in the 43rd Royal Canadian Air Force casualty list of the war published in the Hamilton Spectator on May 13, 1941.
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Biography
    Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Poem– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture me

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    Poem
    Poem – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture me
  • Certificate– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Certificate – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Plaque– Leading Aircraftman DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL, is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II, in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario. He died on May 6, 1941 and is buried in IPSWICH CEMETERY, Suffolk, United Kingdom. ROBERT STEWART MONTGOMERY, whose name appears immediately above DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL on this plaque, was a civilian who drowned on April 30, 1941 when the S.S. Nerissa was sunk.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – Leading Aircraftman DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL, is one of 21 men commemorated on this plaque, placed In Loving Memory of the Men of St Lukes Parish who gave their lives in the World War II, in St Luke’s Anglican Church, Ottawa, Ontario. He died on May 6, 1941 and is buried in IPSWICH CEMETERY, Suffolk, United Kingdom. ROBERT STEWART MONTGOMERY, whose name appears immediately above DOUGLAS ERNEST PAUL on this plaque, was a civilian who drowned on April 30, 1941 when the S.S. Nerissa was sunk.
  • Grave Marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave Marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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