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Military service
Service number:
R/93562
Age:
27
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
21st OTU (RAF)
Birth:
July 19, 1915
Beaverton, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 15, 1941
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
October 21, 1942
Irish Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 103.
Additional information
Son of William Chessor and Isabella Jane Simpson, of Lacombe, Alberta.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
He was reported missing during a long-range night training flight. He served as a rear gunner on a Wellington bomber.
Additional citations
Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Edward William Chessor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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