Flying Officer
ROBERT LESLEY (R L) EDWARDS

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• Buried 30 August 1940 - BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY | Age: 28 years

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Interesting Facts

• Born at Roseneath, Ont. Studied at Victoria University, University of Toronto. Enl. 7 Nov 1938 at Trenton, Ontario. M. Ruth Beaton Brownlee 1939. He was believed to be the first RCAF officer killed in a "flying battle" overseas. A press account stated that during the Battle of Britain a German bomber attacking an aerodrome in Sussex was shot down by a Canadian and that beside the wreckage of the Aircraft a tattered map was found and that that map was prominently displayed afterwards over the fireplace in Edwards's mess as a trophy, since credit for the "kill" was given to the former Cobourg resident. He was survived by his wife at 58 Jackman Avenue, Toronto.

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Fallen Soldiers buried in BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

• Private
  DORAN, THOMAS EDWARD
  17 April 1941
  Canadian Army General List
  
• Private
  KITCHENHAM, THOMAS SYDNEY
  28 October 1941
  Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
  
• Lance Corporal
  MAGEE, RUDOLPH ALBERT
  17 March 1943
  8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars R.C.A.C.
  
• Trooper
  JACKSON, WILLIAM ALBERT
  23 May 1943
  17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars R.C.A.C.
  
• Private
  CONDLY, GEORGE ALEXANDER
  29 September 1943
  Canadian Army General List
  
• Private
  LABOUCANE, CHARLES
  12 September 1944
  Essex Scottish Regiment R.C.I.C.
  
• Private
  ROBERGE, PHILIPPE
  1 June 1942
  Royal 22e Regiment R.C.I.C.
  
• Private
  HEIL, JAMES EDWIN
  1 April 1944
  Highland Light Infantry of Canada R.C.I.C.
  
• Private
  UNDERDAHL, GEORGE THOMAS
  19 August 1942
  South Saskatchewan Regiment R.C.I.C.
  
• Private
  WILLIAMS, JOHN MARSHAL
  10 November 1918
  Canadian Machine Gun Corps
  
• Squadron Leader
  GALE, EDWARD BAGLEY
  25 May 1946
  Royal Canadian Air Force
  
• Private
  TENISCO, MOSES
  27 June 1917
  Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)