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Frederick Despard Pemberton

In memory of:

Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton

August 21, 1917

Military Service


Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

50th Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Brother of Lieutenant Warren Colclough Pemberton, who died on April 25, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Pioneers.

Commemorated on Page 580 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. A. 21.

Location:

Honnechy is a village in the Department of the Nord, 8 kilometres south-west of Le Cateau. HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY is north-east of the village, on the north-west side of the road to Reumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y280uvic#mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of December 12, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist59y314uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Group Photo– Brothers Warren, left, and Despard Pemberton flank fellow Victoria resident Wildy Holmes. All three men died in the First World War.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y289uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of August 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y224uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Group Photo– Stone Frigate - 1914 -Royal Military College of Canada
989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France. 
639 Major Alan Torrance Powell DSO was the son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife. He was the husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. He was a graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 14th Bn. He died on 19 Apr 1918. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
  • Memorial Plaque– A plaque at Christ Church Cathedral describes how a "French farmer" took care of F.D. Pemberton's body and arranged a burial after he was shot down by Germans.   Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist
  • Original Gravemarker– An oak cross is affixed to the northwest wall inside the main body of Christ Church Cathedral. It is inscribed: Ici repose le Lieutenant J.D. Pemberton, décédé le 21 août 1917. The cross is believed to have been carved by Louis Milhem, a Frenchman who was dismayed at how the body of the Canadian — actually Capt. F.D. (Despard) Pemberton — was treated by the Germans.   Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist
  • Memorial Arch– Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston
  • Memorial– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston
  • Act of Remembrance– An Act of Remembrance for Captain Frederick D Pemberton, was held on Saturday November 11th 2000 at the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France. The event began by the reading of an eulogy by Bill Seager.
  • Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Times Colonist article written by Jack Knox - November 8, 2013.
  • Newspaper Clipping (page 2)– Times Colonist article written by Jack Knox - November 8, 2013.

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