Name David Ernest Hornell No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1277 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Canadian Air Force, 162 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flight Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Flight Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Mimico, Ontario, Canada
Place Of Death In a dinghy, north of Shetland Islands, North Atlantic
Buried/Location Ashes Lerwick New Cemetery (in hospital grounds), Knab Road, Zetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Upper Ground 17, RP Terrace 7B, Grave 17
Gazetted 28 July 1944
VC Presented 12 December 1944, Governor-General of Canada, Canada
Memorials
P Headstone, Lerwick New Cemetery (in hospital grounds), Knab Road, Zetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland
P Named on VC RAF Memorial at St Clement Dane's Church, Aldwych, London
David Hornell Primary School, Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Hornell School, Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Per Adua Ad Astra Memorial, Univercity Avenue, Toronto, Canada
Named on Roll of Honour, John English School, Mimico Avenue, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Memorial Plaque, Victoria Cross Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Plaque at Royal Canadian Legion Post Trail, British Colombia, Canada
P Path at Field of Honour Cemetery, 703 Donegani, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, York Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Barrie Military Heritage Park, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Named on War Memorial, South Wall, St Magnus Church, Greenfield Place, Lerwick, Shetland Islands
P Victoria Cross Roll of Honour, Union Jack Club, Waterloo, Southwark, London
By The Way…
Before the war he worked for the Goodyear Tyre Company in research
VC Held By
Air Command Heritage Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
