| Rank | Private |
| Service # | A3762 |
| Unit # | Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C. |
| Resident | Wallaceburg |
Born 27/08/1920 Son of Frederick J. and Mary (nee Jones) Errey, of Elgin St., Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, brother of Donovan A21808. Victor was born in Saskatchewan but received his education at the Central Public School and Wallaceburg High School. Victor had two brothers Arthur who was serving in the RCAF and L/Cpl. Don who was a POW in Germany. He was a member of St. James Anglican church and active in No.1 Boy Scout Troop.
Victor enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regiment in July of 1940 at London and Camp Borden but transferred to the Essex Scottish to be with his brother Don. He trained at London and Camp Borden before going overseas on the 2nd of August, 1942.
Age:24, KIA – Date of Death: 19/08/1942, at Dieppe, France. His body was never recovered. His brother Donovan was captured at Dieppe and interned as a POW AT STALAG 11C in Germany.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 24. Column 3.
A memorial service was held for Pte. Victor G. Errey at St. James Anglican church on Sunday 30 July, 1944. A Colour Party from the Canadian Legion and trumpeter took part. WN 27/07/44.
The CDN 13/07/44 reported that Private Victor G. Errey “ is now for official purposes presumed to have been killed in action”. The information came from the Minister of National Defence.
See send-off given by the Dominion Glass Co. WN 30/05/40 at: Donald Errey. He was employed at the Dominion Glass Co. for three years prior to his enlistment.
Copied from Memorial Plaque
Private VICTOR GEORGE ERREY is one of twenty members of the Essex Scottish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
| Sources | No Return Ticket - Wallaceburg War Casualties - Alan Mann 2002, ”Unlikely Hero – A Dieppe Survivor’s Gift of Hope.” by G. Kerr & D. MacKenzie |
| Supplemental Information | Son of Frederick J. and Mary Errey, of Elgin St., Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, brother of Donovan A21808. Date of Death: 19/08/1942, at Dieppe, France. His body was never recovered. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 24. Column 3. Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL. |
| Age | 24 |
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