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Son of James and Ella Maud Jackson, of Toronto, Ontario. Sergeant Jackson was honoured in a memorial service on 21 August 2003 when Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal unveiled a memorial to commemorate those who lost their lives in accidents in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland. Its centre piece is an engine from the Wellington Bomber, which was based on RAF Lossiemouth and disappeared in bad weather on 19 January 1942.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert James Jackson
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Sergeant Robert J. Jackson before transfer overseas
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This memorial was unveiled by Princess Anne on August 21, 2003. Robert Jackson and Harry Kelley are remembered in this memorial.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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In memory of the students of R H King Academy (formally Scarborough Collegiate Institute) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Robert James Jackson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Robert James Jackson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 84 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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