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