In memory of

Flying Officer

William Morris Lacey

who died on 13 Jun 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J27666
  Date of death 19440613
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J27666 Flying Officer (No. 419 Moose Squadron RCAF pilot) (William) Morris Lacey (b.1919) of Driver was KIA 19440613 and is buried at Vieux-Berquin communal cemetery near Hazebrouck, Nord, France. Lacey's Lancaster went missing during a night raid on the marshalling yards at Cambrai. He was the only son of Frank and Allie Geneva (Morris) Lacey who came from Missouri to homestead NW34-29-13-W3 just northwest of Sovereign, moving to a farm near Driver (northeast of Smiley) in the 1920s. Morris was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina in 1942, leaving a wife Millicent Jean (Rae) and son Vernon Ellis later of Marengo.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 320 - Oakdale
  Cemetery or memorial location Vieux-Berquin communal cemetery, Nord, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Coleville
  Geo-memorial Lacey Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.9833°N / 104.2333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73I16
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Wapawekka Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190224
  Place of birth Sovereign    
  Date of enlistment 19420529
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Driver    
  Occupation farmer
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