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Military service
Service number:
J/4823
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
18 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 5, 1918
Buenos Aires
Enlistment:
October 17, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
November 8, 1941
Mediterranean Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 59.
Additional information
Son of John William and Hilda Aikens (née Cowes) Pryor, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of Hubert, Keith and Louis.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy 14 March 1946.
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Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 42 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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