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Record #5047

Name :: : Ernest Henry ALDERSON (1914 - 1943)
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Date of Birth: : 1914
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 24 May 1943 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Durham, Bishop Auckland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialGermany, near Bergkaman

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 30 Mar 1930
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Duchess of Richmond
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Ernest H Alderson: Year of Registration: 1914; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; Mother's Maiden Name: Dewey; District: Auckland; County: Durham; Volume: 10a; Page: 542. Parents: Thomas W. Alderson and Elizabeth Dewey, married 1912, Auckland, Durham, England.

In 1930, Ernest Alderson, 15, arrived at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, in a group of Barnardo children. His next of kin was given as his Father - Thos Wm Alderson, 4 Sussex St, Blyth, Northumberland, and his destination as Mr John Hobday, 538 Jarvis St, Toronto. His intended occupation was farming.

In July, 1941, he married Myrtle Jenny Cooney, joining the Royal Canadian Air Force a month later.

Ernest Alderson was posted to the United Kingdom in December, 1942, as an airgunner on No 408 (RCAF) Squadron based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire. On the night of the 23rd or 24th of May, 1943, en route for Dortmund, his Halifax was shot down near Bergkaman. All the crew were killed and while five of its members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Flt Sgt Adlerson and the aircraft's captain, Flight Officer Colvin, are buried in the Reichswald Forest Military Cemetery in Germany.

On May 24, 1943, Flight Sergeant Ernest Henry Alderson, 29, Air Gunner, was declared deceased after being 'missing in action' in Germany. His parents were given as Thomas William Alderson and Elizabeth Goldsborough. His last residence was Peterborough, Ontario.

[EDITORS NOTE: There is some confusion as where Ernest is buried. One site states he is in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, and another site gives his burial place as Reichswald Forest Military Cemetery, Germany.]

Ernest Alderson is remembered on the Otonabee Township War Memorial, Keene, Ontario, Canada. The Memorial was erected in 1921, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Great War, also those that lost their lives in World War II.

His wife Myrtle is buried in Little Lake Cemetery (Section B), Peterborough

There are two letters written to Ernest dated 1930-1931 and a copy of the Ups and Downs held at Peterborough City Archives

ContributorsCreated : 2009-02-22 12:27:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2011-10-29 10:21:41 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
20888	ALDERSON, Arthur	1912	ENG, DUR	Jan 1924 : Baradine	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5047	ALDERSON, Ernest Henry	1914	ENG, DUR, Bishop Auckland	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5601	ALLENDER, Samuel	1892	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Sep 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5210	ALSOP, Benjamin H.	1929	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
5212	ALSOP, James	1927	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
5211	ALSOP, Norman Frederick	1923	ENG, DUR, Dunsdale	Sep 1935 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Fairbridge Homes
9711	ANDERSON, Julia	1879	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
5496	ARNOTT, Anthony Robert	1923	ENG, DUR, Darlington	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5497	ARNOTT, Michael	1925	ENG, DUR, Darlington	May 1934 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
9065	ASLAGSEN, Edward	1915	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
9066	ASLAGSEN, Norman	1916	ENG, DUR, Sunderland	Jul 1928 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Barnardos
3132	ATKINSON, Albion Ramsey	1886	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
7364	ATKINSON, Mary E	1900	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
10015	AYRE, David	1891	ENG, DUR, Durham	Apr 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
10915	BARTON, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos	Jennie1964
20942	BATTY, John Bernard	1924	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20940	BATTY, Lawrence Francis	1927	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
27037	BEADLE, John William Avery	1916	ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
7368	BELL, Ann Clementine	1902	ENG, DUR, Gateshead	Mar 1914 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
12137	BENSON, Ellen Frances	1916	ENG, DUR, Hartlepool	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4411	BREARLEY, Eliza	1897	ENG, DUR, Gilesgate Moor	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
26871	BRUCE, George Raffan	1924	ENG, DUR, South Shields	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12115	BUIST, Benjamin C	1914	ENG, DUR, Lanchester	Dec 1928 : Bendigo	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5366	BURGESS, Walter	1910	ENG, DUR, Hartlepool	Aug 1925 : Montnairn	CAN	National Childrens Home
26418	BURT, Doreen	1932	ENG, DUR, Morpeth	Aug 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
4722	BUSBY, William	1894	ENG, DUR, Durham St.Oswald	May 1908 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
14988	CAMPBELL, Thomas	1874	ENG, DUR, Darlington	Sep 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Colonization Fund, London
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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