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Son of Matthias and Leila Mosley; husband of Susannah Mosley, of Lenton, Nottinghamshire.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
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Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
Marker stone to W. B. Mosley in Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire, England. Personal inscription: 'Much loved, greatly missed.' The wording on the private flower vase reads: In loving memory of Bill, beloved husband of Sue Mosley, Dec. 31, 1942, aged 21. 'At rest.'
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Bertram Mosley
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Marker stone to W. B. Mosley in Scopwick Church Burial Ground, Lincolnshire, England. Personal inscription: 'Much loved, greatly missed.' The wording on the private flower vase reads: In loving memory of Bill, beloved husband of Sue Mosley, Dec. 31, 1942, aged 21. 'At rest.'
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the people of London, Ontario who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SCOPWICK CHURCH BURIAL GROUND Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Digby aerodrome was built towards the end of the First World War and after the war it functioned as a permanent unit of the Royal Air Force. In 1937 it became a member of No 12 Fighter Group in which it remained until the end of the Second World War.
Digby was one of the original sectors of Fighter Command and in the early days of the Second World War was very active in the defence of northern England. No 42 (Fighter) Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force (known as the Red Indian Squadron from the emblem which it carried) was formed there in April 1942. On September 16, 1942, the sector was taken over by the RCAF and until the end of the war was known as Royal Canadian Air Force Station, Digby.
The 37 Canadian airmen buried at Scopwick lost their lives while stationed at Digby. They include an American airman who served with the RCAF, P/O J G Magee, and author of the poem 'High Flight'.
Scopwick Church Burial Ground contains 50 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and five German war graves. The graves form a plot in the top half of the burial ground. The Cross of Sacrifice in the corner of the plot was unveiled by the Air Member, Canadian Joint Staff on June 1, 1950.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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