Piershil Protestant Churchyard

Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

There is one 1939-1945 War casualty commemorated in this site.

 

Pilot Officer Robert Wyatt Hamilton ECHLIN - 77117

600 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Died 10 May 1940 Age 36

United Kingdom

Son of Edmund Burke Echlin and Margaret F. Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Winifred Joan Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Inscription: FOR KING AND COUNTRY

 

Blenheim I L1401 – 600 Sqdn

Pilot Officer R W H Echlin: missing presumed dead; Flight Lieutenant J H C Rowe: prisoner of war. Blenheim L1401 force landed in the Netherlands, 10 May 1940.

Crew

Pilot Officer Robert Wyatt Hamilton ECHLIN (77117) Air Gunner Blenheim RAF

Prisoners of War for Blenheim I L1401

Flt Lt John Hugh Chitty ROWE (90089) Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria