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Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Patten Fleming, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Sheila Elizabeth Fleming, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Robert Fleming
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News clipping
Obituary of Lt Fleming from Toronto newspaper. -
Photo of Robert Fleming
Lt. Fleming enlisted in the Army in June 1941 following gradaution from Upper Canada College (Toronto). After commissioning he voluntered for Active Service and joined The 1st Bn. QOR of C in England in 1943. He was Platoon comd of 18 Platoon, Dog Company, when he was KIA at Le Mesnil Patry on 11 June 44. (Calvados, Normandy). -
Gravemarker of Robert Fleming
This is a photo of Lt. Robert Fleming's gravemarker taken by Craig B. Cameron, Padre QOR of C, while in Normandy on Op Normandie Return in June 1994. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Memorial
St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian), 73 Simcoe Street, Toronto -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Robert Fleming
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 305 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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