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Robert Heggie

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Robert Heggie

March 25, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

J/6137

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

September 6, 1912
Brampton, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 24, 1940
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Dr. David L. Heggie, M.D. and Margaret Edith Heggie, of Brampton, Ontario. Bachelor of Forestry (Toronto).

Commemorated on Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 10.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Robert Heggie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Robert Heggie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– This framed set of photos, part of a multi-component display in honour of the men from Forestry who died in the First and Second World Wars, is located at the Earth Sciences Centre, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto.  The photo of "P/O R. Heggie R.C.A.F. B.Sc.F. '35" is second from the left. Photo:  Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial– This plaque, part of a multi-component display in honour of the men from Forestry who died in the First and Second World Wars, is located at the Earth Sciences Centre, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto.  Photo:  Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert Heggie– From:  University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. 
The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto.  
Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Soldiers' Tower Memorial– The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed.  A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial Room– Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial Arch West– The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Sgt J.H. COOPER R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Photo of Robert Heggie– from Torontonensis 1935 (University of Toronto yearbook)
  • Photo of Heggie Robert– Membership list for Nu Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, showing R. Heggie as member, from Torontonensis yearbook, 1935.
  • Photos of members of Nu Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity– from Torontonensis yearbook, 1935. Photo of R. Heggie is second row from top, third photo from left.

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