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Flight Lieutenant Horace William Robbins

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Military service

Service number: 135917
Age: 27
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: CFB Cold Lake
Birth: June 12, 1939 London, Ontario
Enlistment: March 1, 1957
Death: December 6, 1966 Cold Lake, Alberta

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Son of Horace and Hilda Robbins. Husband of Margo Anne and father of Amanda, Donna, Beth and Pamela of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of David, Robert, John, Sharon Robbins and Yvonne Beecroft.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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