F/O Arthur Bryan “Cherub” Morlidge

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F/O Arthur Bryan “Cherub” Morlidge

Birth
Lloydminster, Lloydminster Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
2 Oct 1942 (aged 20)
Netherlands
Burial
Uden, Uden Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Section 4, Row B, Grave 6
Memorial ID
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Flying Officer, 419th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed in action during World War Two when his plane was shot down over the Netherlands by German anti-aircraft guns, killing five of the six members of the crew. He was only twenty-one years old. Morlidge Lake in Northern Saskatchewan is named in his honor.


He was survived by his father, Ernest Arthur Morlidge, step-mother Hannah Smith, and eleven siblings. He was pre-deceased by his mother, Olive Besse Chamberlain.


Commemorated on Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Flying Officer, 419th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Killed in action during World War Two when his plane was shot down over the Netherlands by German anti-aircraft guns, killing five of the six members of the crew. He was only twenty-one years old. Morlidge Lake in Northern Saskatchewan is named in his honor.


He was survived by his father, Ernest Arthur Morlidge, step-mother Hannah Smith, and eleven siblings. He was pre-deceased by his mother, Olive Besse Chamberlain.


Commemorated on Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.