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Geoffrey Edgar Cushing

In memory of:

Lieutenant Geoffrey Edgar Cushing

December 29, 1917

Military Service


Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Additional Information


Son of Charles and Lily M. Cushing, of 555 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Montreal, Quebec

Commemorated on Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

IPSWICH CEMETERY
Suffolk, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

BA. I. 72.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– The grave of Lt. G.E.Cushing. Ipswich cemetery. United Kingdom. photo taken 26/01/09
  • Cemetery– The WW1 cemetery garden at Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K. The grave of Lt. G.E.Cushing in the foreground.
  • Plaque– Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada.

1139 2nd Lieut Geoffrey Edgar Cushing (RMC 1914) was the son of Charles and Lily M. Cushing, of Montreal, Quebec. He served with the Royal Flying Corps. He died on December 29, 1917. He was buried in Ipswich Cemetery, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
  • Stained Glass Window– On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates.

1139 2nd Lieut Geoffrey Edgar Cushing (RMC 1914) was the son of Charles and Lily M. Cushing, of Montreal, Quebec. He served with the Royal Flying Corps. He died on December 29, 1917 of wounds (Gas) received at the Battle of the Somme. He was buried in Ipswich Cemetery, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
  • Memorial Doll– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
  • Memorial– Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
  • Memorial– Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario

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