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Robert Ernest Elliott

In memory of:

Trooper Robert Ernest Elliott

July 4, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

B/50828

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Fort Garry Horse, R.C.A.C.

Division:

10th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

January 18, 1920
Amherst, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

November 12, 1940
Barrie, Ontario

Son of James F. and Dorothy Elliott; husband of Annas Louise Elliott, of Armstrong, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 300 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Group Photo– Bob, Pat, Jim and Doris. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert Ernest Elliott– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Annas and Bob– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Annas, Bob and Bobby Jr. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– This item appeared in the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on  July 27, 1944, at page 1.  Trooper R. E. Elliott was the son of  Dorothy and James F. Elliott of Elizabeth St. (now Dunlop St. West), Barrie, Ontario.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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