In memory of

Flight Sergeant

George Edward Derbyshire

who died on 4 Sep 1942


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 25 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R102185
  Date of death 19420904
  Cause of death died in a training accident
Narrative history
  R102185 Flight Sergeant (RCAF observer) George Edward (Ted) Derbyshire (b.1909) of Willows died 19420904 and is buried at Causewayhead cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria, England. Derbyshire's Wellington crashed at High Scraw Fell near Keswick on a training flight from No. 25 Operational Training Unit. Ted was born at Moose Jaw but his parents George Herbert and Elsie Annie (McDonald) Derbyshire moved to NE13-8-29-W2 in the Zenith district east of Assiniboia the next year. Ted taught at Burstall, Borderland and Weybridge before enlisting at Regina in 1941, and left a wife Thelma Marguerite (Jenner) and children Rose and Ted Jr. at Willows (they later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba).
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Photo of Derbyshire Lake
Photo of Ted, Thelma and Rose
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 72 - Lake of the Rivers
  Cemetery or memorial location Causewayhead cemetery, Silloth, Cumbria, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Readlyn
  Geo-memorial Derbyshire Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.2333°N / 108.6333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74C2
  Geo-memorial details On the Mikikwan River north of Buffalo Narrows.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19090317
  Place of birth Moose Jaw    
  Date of enlistment 19410510
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Willows    
  Occupation teacher
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