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About Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” (Winston Churchill, 20 Aug 1940) Canadian F/O R. L. EDWARDS was one of the 'Few', the Commonwealth airmen who served and many of whom lost their lives participating in The Battle Of Britain. Forty-two of 'The Few' were young Canadian airmen, killed in this air campaign, protecting the United Kingdom.
Service Number: C/903 Age: 28 Force: Air Force Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Division: 1 RAF Squadron
Son of Mrs. R. L. Edwards of Cobourg, Ontario, Canada; husband of Ruth (Brownley) Edwards of Toronto, Ontario. Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards is commemorated on Page 12 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Inscription: Royal Canadian Air Force
Note: C/903
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Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards's Timeline
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June 10, 1912
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Alnwick Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada
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| 1940 |
August 26, 1940
Age 28
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Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot 3. C. 1A.), Brookwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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