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Gordon Edward Fleming

In memory of:

Sergeant Gordon Edward Fleming

July 27, 1941
Reading, England

Military Service


Service Number:

R/54340

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

July 27, 1918

Son of Edward Joseph and Margaret (nee McIlvenna) Fleming, of Eastview, Ontario. Brother of Margaret and Leo (Chris).

Commemorated on Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

30. H. 2.

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. 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– Sergeant Gordon Edward Fleming is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Gordon Edward Fleming is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Cenotaph– Eastview Cenotaph (Vanier), 180 avenue, Marier, Ottawa.
  • Cenotaph– Eastview Cenotaph (Vanier), 180 avenue, Marier, Ottawa.
  • Photo of Gordon Edward Fleming– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario.  Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1918.  Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. His mother was a widow and Gordon's death devastated the family.  He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England.
  • Photo of Gordon Edward Fleming– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario.  Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. His grandmother was a widow and Gordon's death devastated the family.  He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England. Loved and missed by his family forever. Picture taken likely in England near Reading.
  • Group photo– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario.  Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England. Loved and missed by his family forever. Picture possibly taken of the flight crew in England near Reading or perhaps Malton, Ontario.
  • Group photo– Flight school in Rivers, Manitoba. (1941-03-28) Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario. (top , 3rd from right) Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England. Loved and missed by his family forever.
  • Photo of Gordon Edward Fleming– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario. Air Observer, RCAF. Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England. Loved and missed by his family forever.
  • Group Photo– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario. Air Observer, RCAF.  Picture likely of fellow students at flight school.  Precious and loved son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming. He lies with thousands of other young Canadians in Brookwood Cemetery, England. Loved and missed by his family forever.
  • Photo of Gordon Edward Fleming– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario. A picture of Gordon at home prior to the war.  Eldest son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming.  Loved and missed by his family forever.  One of countless handsome young men and women who went to "war" and never came back.
  • Photo of Gordon Edward Fleming– Gordon Edward Fleming of Ottawa Ontario.  Eldest son of Margaret McIlvenna Fleming and Edward Joseph Fleming.  Loved and missed by his family forever.  One of countless handsome young men and women who went to "war" and never came back. We missed you in our lives, Gordon!
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker for Gordon Edward Fleming. Precious son of Margaret Fleming (nee McIlvenna) and Edward Joseph Fleming of Ottawa (Eastview) Ontario.  Gordon lies in Brookwood Cemetery in England with thousands of other Canadians who served in the war effort.  His mother, a widow, died four years after his death and never saw her son's grave. Gordon had one sister (Margaret Elizabeth Fleming O'Driscoll) and one brother(Leo Christopher). Gordon is missed by his family forever.

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