Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert James Adair
In memory of:
Corporal Robert James Adair
May 26, 1944
Military Service
A/21239
28
Army
Perth Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
March 29, 1916
London, Ontario
September 5, 1939
Windsor, Ontario
Son of Frank Roy and Dorothy Adair of Windsor, Ontario. Husband of Pauline Patricia Adair, of Crayford, Kent.
Brother of Private Kenneth Alexander Adair, who died while serving with the Perth Regiment and Sergeant Charles Franklin Adair, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Commemorated on Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
V. F. 10.
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres south-east of Rome. It is situated in the valley of the River Liri immediately below the southern spurs of the central Apennines. Above it at a distance of one kilometre is the dominating hill on which stands the Abbey of Monte Cassino, founded by St. Benedict in the year 529 on the site of an ancient temple of Apollo. If approaching the CASSINO WAR CEMETERY by road, follow the Highway A2 from Rome to Naples and leave it at the Cassino exit. After passing the pay booths, follow the sign for Cassino. At the traffic lights, after a block of flats, turn right towards the locality of S. Angelo and the CWGC signs will then be seen.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Photo of Robert James Adair – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Entrance – Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cassino War Cemetery – - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cross of Sacrifice – Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 -
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Grave Marker – Cassino War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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