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Robert Randolph Stickney

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Robert Randolph Stickney

June 26, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/103778

Age:

30

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

427 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Guy L. and Rotha V. Stickney, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 217 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GORSSEL GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row A. Grave 9.

Location:

Gorssel is a small town 8 kilometres north of Zutphen, on the main road to Deventer. The cemetery is in the southern part of the town on the western side of the road to Zutphen, in Gelderland. The British plot is close to the entrance on the left of the main path. A number of Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in the fighting which liberated Gorssel in April 1945 were buried in the British plot at the time. They have since been moved to the Canadian War Cemetery at Holten.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROBERT RANDOLPH STICKNEY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ROBERT RANDOLPH STICKNEY – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Harvey Gillrie, Phyllis Stickney and her brother Robert– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Harvey Gillrie, Phyllis Stickney and her brother Robert
    Photo of Harvey Gillrie, Phyllis Stickney and her brother Robert – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Robert Randolph Stickney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Robert Randolph Stickney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Robert Randolph Stickney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Robert Randolph Stickney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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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

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