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Military service
Service number:
R/123266
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 29, 1943
Esbjerg, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 11. 1.
Additional information
Son of David Ernest and Sarah Isabella Giles, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
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Photo of David Edward Giles
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of David Edward Giles
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of David Edward Giles
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 David Edward Giles is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Edward Giles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY Denmark
Esbjerg is a port in south-western Jutland. ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY is about 3 kilometres to the north of the town, off the road to Hjerting, along the Gravlundvej.
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