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Robert Irvine Westhaver

In memory of:

Sapper Robert Irvine Westhaver

August 10, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

B/19993

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Engineers

Division:

9 Field Sqn.

Additional Information


Son of George and Effie Westhaver; husband of Jean Westhaver, of Timmins, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 475 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 21, Column 1.

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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  • Photo of Robert Irvine Westhaver– Father missed forever.
  • Memorial– Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
  • Inscription– Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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