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Hugh Edwin Donson

In memory of:

Sergeant Hugh Edwin Donson

October 13, 1941

Military Service


Service Number:

R/71909

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

58 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of John William and Margaret Brown Donson, of York Mills, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row F. Grave 4.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Hugh Edwin Donson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Hugh Edwin Donson is also 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 Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Gravemarker
  • Newspaper Clipping– Source:  Globe and Mail, October 17, 1941
  • Memorial– Inscription to the memory of Pilot Officer Sergeant HUGH EDWIN DONSON on the Donson family grave marker in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

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