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Military service
Service number:
J/5677
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
58 Sqdn.
Birth:
July 10, 1918
London, England
Enlistment:
July 25, 1940
Death:
November 30, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 60.
Additional information
Son of the late Bertram and Nellie Margaret Ogilvy (nee Hozier) of Guilford, Surrey, England. Brother of Giles. Husband of Jessica Lucy (née Freeman-Mitford) remarried as Treuhaft and father of Ann Constance of Oakland, California, U.S.A. Pilot Officer Romilly was the nephew of British war-time Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
Additional citations
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 25 March 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 4 December 1941, page 3. -
Photo of Esmond Romilly
Nephew of Winston Churchill and husband of Jessica Mitford. -
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
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly 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 Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Esmond Mark David Romilly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 43 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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