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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. |  George Cochrane Silver  (1.Sylvia1) was born on 31 Dec 1917 in China; died on 17 Dec 1942; was buried after Dec 1942 in Malta. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: 104 Sqdn.
- Fact: Flying Officer
- Fact: J8842
- Fact: Royal Canadian Air Force
- Enlisted: 18 Nov 1940
- Residence: 18 Nov 1940, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Address:
10 Dalhousie Street
Notes:
Son of Capt. H. E. Silver (formerly of the Indian Army) and Sylvia A. Silver, of Duparquet, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .
Buried:
The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta. The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels. The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave. The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.
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