Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force Age 25 Against North-East boundary.
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Last Canadian Airman To Die in WW1 and His Link to Banff
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler was originally from Veteran, AB. On November 11, 1918 whilst flying with 46 Squadron, RFC his Sopwith Camel collided with William Coalhurst (also from 46 Sqdn) on the squadron's last strafing mission on the Western Front. Both pilots were killed. This tragedy took place hours before the Armistice was signed. Second Lieutenant Dowler was posthumously awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Both Lieutenants Dowler and Coalhurst are buried side by side in the Montbliart Communal Cemetery in Belgium. Dowler was 25 years of age and Coalhurst, from England, was just 20.
The Banff connection is as follows. George's parents are both interred in the Dowler family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery. James, the Father died in 1949 and Alice, the Mother in 1945. There is a plaque commemorating George "Sleeps in Flanders Fields". From the Whyte Archives it was discovered James Dowler was a station agent for the CPR at Castle (Junction) in 1905.
Thank you to Gordon Burles and Lena Goon for researching the Dowler connection to Banff. Below, Sopwith Camel and George's headstone at Montbliart Communal Cemetery. Story compiled by Bruce McTrowe.
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Last Canadian Airman To Die in WW1 and His Link to Banff
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler was originally from Veteran, AB. On November 11, 1918 whilst flying with 46 Squadron, RFC his Sopwith Camel collided with William Coalhurst (also from 46 Sqdn) on the squadron's last strafing mission on the Western Front. Both pilots were killed. This tragedy took place hours before the Armistice was signed. Second Lieutenant Dowler was posthumously awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Both Lieutenants Dowler and Coalhurst are buried side by side in the Montbliart Communal Cemetery in Belgium. Dowler was 25 years of age and Coalhurst, from England, was just 20.
The Banff connection is as follows. George's parents are both interred in the Dowler family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery. James, the Father died in 1949 and Alice, the Mother in 1945. There is a plaque commemorating George "Sleeps in Flanders Fields". From the Whyte Archives it was discovered James Dowler was a station agent for the CPR at Castle (Junction) in 1905.
Thank you to Gordon Burles and Lena Goon for researching the Dowler connection to Banff. Below, Sopwith Camel and George's headstone at Montbliart Communal Cemetery. Story compiled by Bruce McTrowe.
Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force Age 25 Against North-East boundary.
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Last Canadian Airman To Die in WW1 and His Link to Banff
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler was originally from Veteran, AB. On November 11, 1918 whilst flying with 46 Squadron, RFC his Sopwith Camel collided with William Coalhurst (also from 46 Sqdn) on the squadron's last strafing mission on the Western Front. Both pilots were killed. This tragedy took place hours before the Armistice was signed. Second Lieutenant Dowler was posthumously awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Both Lieutenants Dowler and Coalhurst are buried side by side in the Montbliart Communal Cemetery in Belgium. Dowler was 25 years of age and Coalhurst, from England, was just 20.
The Banff connection is as follows. George's parents are both interred in the Dowler family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery. James, the Father died in 1949 and Alice, the Mother in 1945. There is a plaque commemorating George "Sleeps in Flanders Fields". From the Whyte Archives it was discovered James Dowler was a station agent for the CPR at Castle (Junction) in 1905.
Thank you to Gordon Burles and Lena Goon for researching the Dowler connection to Banff. Below, Sopwith Camel and George's headstone at Montbliart Communal Cemetery. Story compiled by Bruce McTrowe.
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Last Canadian Airman To Die in WW1 and His Link to Banff
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler was originally from Veteran, AB. On November 11, 1918 whilst flying with 46 Squadron, RFC his Sopwith Camel collided with William Coalhurst (also from 46 Sqdn) on the squadron's last strafing mission on the Western Front. Both pilots were killed. This tragedy took place hours before the Armistice was signed. Second Lieutenant Dowler was posthumously awarded the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross). Both Lieutenants Dowler and Coalhurst are buried side by side in the Montbliart Communal Cemetery in Belgium. Dowler was 25 years of age and Coalhurst, from England, was just 20.
The Banff connection is as follows. George's parents are both interred in the Dowler family plot in the Old Banff Cemetery. James, the Father died in 1949 and Alice, the Mother in 1945. There is a plaque commemorating George "Sleeps in Flanders Fields". From the Whyte Archives it was discovered James Dowler was a station agent for the CPR at Castle (Junction) in 1905.
Thank you to Gordon Burles and Lena Goon for researching the Dowler connection to Banff. Below, Sopwith Camel and George's headstone at Montbliart Communal Cemetery. Story compiled by Bruce McTrowe.
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