Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty
-
Runnymede Memorial
Hampden aircraft AT139 was airborne 2341 21Jul42 from Balderton. and crashed in the Waddenzee. The body of F/Sgt (N) R. S. Doherty, age 21, was unrecovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial for those with no known grave. Three bodies were recovered. The Canadians, F/S (AG) Pleasence, age 20, and F/S (P) Robt. Wishart, age 21, are buried in the Harlingen General Cemetery, Frisian Islands, Friesland, Holland. P/O T. R. Ashton, RAF, is buried at Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery. -
Memorial
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Spencer Doherty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.