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Record #5047

Name :: : Ernest Henry ALDERSON (1914 - 1943)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

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
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5047	ALDERSON, Ernest Henry	1914	ENG, DUR, Bishop Auckland	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
22773	ALLAN, James S	1913	SCT,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Sasketchewan Boy\'s Scheme
5048	ALLAN, Robert	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
22107	ALTRIDGE, George	1917	IRL,	Apr 1932 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
18400	ATKINSON, Charles	1911	ENG,	Mar 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
8923	AVIS, William	1915	ENG, , Dinehill	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5049	BAKER, David	1914	ENG, YKS, Leeds	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18399	BARRETT, Cedric	1911	ENG,	Mar 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
8924	BARRETT, Douglas	1916	ENG, , Bury	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
8925	BATCHELOR, Harold	1917	ENG, , Portsmouth	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
21567	BEEVERS, Samuel	1914	ENG,	Jun 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	British Immigration and Colonisation Association
5050	BENSON, Harry	1914	ENG, LAN, Manchester	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18393	BISHOP, Albert	1911	ENG,	Mar 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
8926	BOOTH, Dennis	1916	ENG, , Lincoln	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5051	BOURNE, William	1916	ENG, GLS, Bristol	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18402	BRAND, Charles	1911	ENG,	Mar 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
5052	BRANSON, Herbert	1916	ENG, , Brighton	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5053	BUCKLEY, James	1915	ENG, , Southampton	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
18401	BUTCHER, Charles	1912	ENG,	Mar 1929 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Unknown
5054	CALDICOTT, Edward	1916	ENG, CHS, Tranmere	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5055	CARTER, Frank	1914	ENG,	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5056	CAVE, James	1914	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5057	CLARKE, Donal	1914	ENG,	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5058	CLARKE, Thomas	1916	ENG, , Wimbledon	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5059	COLLISTER, Hilda	1915	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5060	COOK, Horace	1914	ENG, , Dartford	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
5061	CORFIELD, Harold	1915	ENG, LAN, Salford	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
10513	CROSS, Horace	1911	ENG,	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
8927	CUSHION, Frederick	1915	ENG, NFK, Sheringham	Apr 1931 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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