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George Stevenson Cartwright

In memory of:

Observer George Stevenson Cartwright

November 9, 1942
Swandon Morley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Military Service


Service Number:

J/11102

Age:

34

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

425 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 5, 1908
London, United Kingdom

Enlistment:

March 10, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Brigadier General George Strachan Cartwright, C.B., C.M.G., Officier de la Legion D'Honneur, and of Kate Mary Cartwright (nee Stevenson), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rhodes Scholar, Christ Church (Oxon), B.A. (University of Toronto), B.A., B.Litt. (Oxon) Christ Church College.

Commemorated on Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DISHFORTH CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 35.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Biography– Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1929. Cartwright was a graduate of Trinity College.
  • Group Photo– Group photo of Kappa Alpha Society members shows Cartwright second row from front, fourth from photo left. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1929.
  • Group Photo– Group photo shows Cartwright fourth from photo right. (Prof. Thomas R. Loudon, shown in inset as team coach, served in the First World War.) From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1929.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”.  Photo:  Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of GEORGE STEVENSON CARTWRIGHT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Biography
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Certificate
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Biography
  • Newspaper clipping– UofT online: "Two former Rhodes scholars died. One of the two, George Cartwright, had won a Rhodes to Oxford in 1929. The Memorial Book for the Second World War records :
F/O George Stevenson Cartwright 425 Sqn RCAF - Trinity College, BA 1929. Killed in an air operation over Hamburg, Germany, 9, November 1942. Buried in Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire, England."
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Trinity online:  "G. S. Cartwright Prize - A cash prize  awarded to a Trinity student graduating from the International Relations Programme in high standing. The award is funded from the bequest left by the Trinity graduates of 1930 in memory of two of their classmates."
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  • Memorial– Observer George Stevenson Cartwright 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
  • Memorial– Observer George Stevenson Cartwright is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Gravemarker

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