Armishaw, Joseph Edward
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Joseph Edward |
Surname | Armishaw |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
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Date of Death | 06-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Joseph and Margaret Alice Armishaw, of Barnston Island, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Moorthorpe Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 121. |
Epitaph | HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TO-DAY AS IN THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 123 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 648415 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | (Uncertain) |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Yorkshire Post 12/07/1941: Canadian Airman's Death. A Canadian airman whose parents emigrated from South Elmsall 30 years ago had been buried at Moorthorpe Cemetery. He was Joseph Edward Armishaw, aged 24, a flight mechanic, who was taken ill suddenly and died in a military hospital. Armishaw's father was a miner at Frickley Colliery and is now farming in British Columbia. |