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Flying Officer ROBERT LESLEY EDWARDS

Service Number: C/903
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

1 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

3. C. 1A.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Flying Officer R.L. Edwards was the first R.C.A.F. combat casualty of the 2nd world war.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service Canadian
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7049
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