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Robert Bruce Melville

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert Bruce Melville

August 31, 1944
Fillievres, Pas de Calais, France

Military Service


Service Number:

J/18235

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Charles A. and Winnifred H. Melville, of Midland, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 392 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

FILLIEVRES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 1.

Location:

Fillievres is a village about 44 kilometres west of Arras and 14 kilometres south-west of St Pol. The FILLIEVRES BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre south of the village, on the road to Frevent.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert Bruce Melville is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert Bruce Melville 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
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery
  • Photo of ROBERT BRUCE MELVILLE– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Photo of Robert Bruce Melville– In memory of the students from Midland High School who served during World War 11 and did not return. 

Photos submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, on behalf of Midland Legion Branch 80 190 Queen St. Midland, Ontario.

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