Person:Robert Edwards (59)

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Robert Lesley Edwards
b.10 Jun 1912 Alnwick, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
d.26 Aug 1940 Thaxted, Essex, England
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m. 1 Oct 1901
  1. Robert Lesley Edwards1912 - 1940
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  • H.  Robert Lesley Edwards1912 - 1940
  • W.  Ruth Beaton (add)
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Facts and Events
Name Robert Lesley Edwards
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Jun 1912 Alnwick, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
Marriage to Ruth Beaton (add)
Death[2] 26 Aug 1940 Thaxted, Essex, Englandwhen he was shot down during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War
Burial[2] 30 Aug 1940 Brookwood, Surrey, EnglandBrookwood Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ Northumberland County, Alnwick Twp, 1912, registration #037333, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario Canada Births 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario: Archives of Ontario).

    Robert Lesley Edwards, born 10th June 1912, lot 17 con 3 Alnwick
    parents: Robert Love Edwards (Methodist minister) and Prudence Elizabeth Ketcheson

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Military, 1940, registration #701083, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario).

    Robert Leslie Edwards, resident of Jackman St. in Toronto, Ontario, died August 26 1940 in Thaxted, Essex, England
    born: June 10th 1912 in Ontario, Canada
    flying officer (pilot) in RCAF
    cause of death: killed in action (shot down) during flying battle
    wife: Mrs. Ruth Beaton Edwards
    buried: 30-8-40 in Brookwood Cemetery near Woking, Surrey, England

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