George Henry Elms with Wife, c.1945

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

Black and white medium format negative showing George Henry Elms seated on a couch with a woman, presumably his wife.

Notes

George Henry Elms was born in Hamilton, ON on 25 January 1914 and moved to Whitby in 1921. He graduated from the School of Practical Science at U of T in 1939.

In 1937, he began training to become a pilot and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force when the Second World War started in 1939. He went overseas as a flying officer and became a Squadron Leader in 1941. Two years later, he became a Wing Commander in chage of a Mosquito group which did night bombing in Germany. In 1946, Elms was promoted to direct of the Royal Air Force staff College at Bracknell, England. Following the Second World War, he was posted to the Middle East and South-East Asia, finally settling in Spain.

Elms died at Mejas, Pueblo, Spain on 13 January 2007.

Date of Original

c.1945

Dimensions

Width: 3 in
Height: 2 in

Subject(s)

Portrait photographs
Soldiers
Uniforms
Weddings
RCAF

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Elms, George H

Local identifier

A2013_040_1158

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photograhps Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8799555926846 Longitude: -78.9422255450439

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