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Eric Robertshaw

In memory of:

Able Seaman Eric Robertshaw

April 29, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

V/8634

Age:

27

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Athabaskan

Additional Information

Son of Edith Robertshaw, of Hamilton, Ontario. The province of Ontario honoured Able Seaman Robertshaw by naming Robertshaw Lake in his honour.

Commemorated on Page 429 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PLOUESCAT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistere, France

Grave Reference:

Row B. Grave 22.

Location:

Take the Morlaix to Brest road, D58, and take the exit for Plouescat, D10. Head towards the town centre until a small square (where parking is permitted), with a hotel in the corner, is reached. The Communal Cemetery adjoins the Square with just a small road in between. The CWGC plot lies on the left hand side of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ERIC ROBERTSHAW– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of ERIC ROBERTSHAW – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photos of missing men from Athabaskan– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photos of missing men from Athabaskan
    Photos of missing men from Athabaskan – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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