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Military service
Service number:
J/8842
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
104 Sqdn.
Death:
December 17, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 4, Column 1.
Additional information
Son of Capt. H. E. Silver (formerly of the Indian Army) and Sylvia A. Silver, of Duparquet, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
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Photo of GEORGE COCHRANE SILVER
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Memorial Plaque
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. 2481 Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver (RMC 1935) was the son of Capt. H. E. Silver (formerly of the Indian Army) and Sylvia A. Silver, of Duparquet, Quebec. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 104 Sqdn. He died on December 17, 1942 at 25 years of age. His name is listed on the Malta Memorial in Floriana Malta. -
Memorial Arch
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. 2481 Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver (RMC 1935) was the son of Capt. H. E. Silver (formerly of the Indian Army) and Sylvia A. Silver, of Duparquet, Quebec. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 104 Sqdn. He died on December 17, 1942 at 25 years of age. His name is listed on the Malta Memorial in Floriana Malta. -
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. 2481 Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver (RMC 1935) was the son of Capt. H. E. Silver (formerly of the Indian Army) and Sylvia A. Silver, of Duparquet, Quebec. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 104 Sqdn. He died on December 17, 1942 at 25 years of age. His name is listed on the Malta Memorial in Floriana Malta. -
Malta Memorial
On December 17, 1942, when serving from Malta with 104 Squadron, a Wellington bomber unit, Flying Officer Richard Leslie's aircraft failed to return from operations. Other members of the crew killed were Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver R.C.A.F., Sergeant Leonard Booth R.A.F. and Sergeant Herbert George Lines D.F.M., R.A.F. Their names are listed on the Malta Memorial in Floriana Malta.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Cochrane Silver
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 114 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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