Military service
Service number:
M/66681
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Regina Rifle Regiment
Division:
1st Battalion
Birth:
March 27, 1922
Bestville, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
October 19, 1941
Lethbridge, Alberta
Death:
July 10, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 16.
Additional information
Son of Frank and Annie Shiels. Brother of Janet Fay, Peter Cecil and Mrs. Art Chalmers. Private Shiels had service in Canada from 19 October 1941 to 14 June 1942, the United Kingdom from 15 June 1942 until 10 June 1944 and Northwest Europe from 11 June 1944 to his death.
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Robert Kay Shiels
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of ROBERT KAY SHIELS
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Robert Kay Shiels
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Kay Shiels
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Kay Shiels
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Kay Shiels
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 442 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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