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Robert Simpson Shaw

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert Simpson Shaw

November 4, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/10132

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Frederick Syer Shaw and Nina Leora Shaw, of Gainsborough, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 114 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SCAMPTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

New Part Grave 9.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of ROBERT SIMPSON SHAW– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert Simpson Shaw is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Simpson Shaw is 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
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert Simpson Shaw is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Robert Simpson Shaw is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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