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Son of Robert and Prudence Edwards of Cobourg, Ontario. Husband of Ruth Edwards of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
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.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
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 “F/O R. L. EDWARDS R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 19 reads: F/O Robert Leslie EDWARDS 1 Sqn RCAF. Victoria College, BA 1935. Killed in an air operation during the Battle of Britain, 26 August 1940. Buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
This outdoor plaque is located at Victoria College, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. “They were valiant in life and triumphant in death. (Victoria University Crest - Abeunt studia in mores). Erected to the memory of the students of this college who gave their lives in the Great War 1939-1945. This tablet was erected by the Board of Regents and Dedicated October 13th, 1953”. Among the 79 names inscribed is that of: “Robert Lesley Edwards”. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
Excerpt from the program for the Service of Remembrance at the Soldiers' Tower held on November 11, 2019. A student spoke in memory of Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards. Information for the reading was drawn from University records and from a book entitled: All the Fine Young Eagles by David L. Bashow.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards
From the Toronto Telegram November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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.
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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 “F/O R. L. EDWARDS R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 19 reads: F/O Robert Leslie EDWARDS 1 Sqn RCAF. Victoria College, BA 1935. Killed in an air operation during the Battle of Britain, 26 August 1940. Buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking Surrey, England.
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This outdoor plaque is located at Victoria College, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. “They were valiant in life and triumphant in death. (Victoria University Crest - Abeunt studia in mores). Erected to the memory of the students of this college who gave their lives in the Great War 1939-1945. This tablet was erected by the Board of Regents and Dedicated October 13th, 1953”. Among the 79 names inscribed is that of: “Robert Lesley Edwards”. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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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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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Excerpt from the program for the Service of Remembrance at the Soldiers' Tower held on November 11, 2019. A student spoke in memory of Flying Officer Robert Lesley Edwards. Information for the reading was drawn from University records and from a book entitled: All the Fine Young Eagles by David L. Bashow.
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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