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MI5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-45
By Nigel West
British Special Operations in the Second World War: By Stealth and Guile
By Malcolm Atkin
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 19660" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Urquhart </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert Alexander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Officer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>J/9763 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th May 1943 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 5.B.16-18 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 2.8.1919 Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Alexander James and Susie Grace (nee Rollins) Urquhart,Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>apprentice jeweller,Moose Jaw</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>moved to Vancouver 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>stock manager,Aristocratic Hamburger,Vancouver</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 9.1.1941 Vancouver,British Columbia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commission</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>50 Squadron 23.9.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 17.12.1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award DFC (20.7.1945,wef 18.5.1943)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron 25.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>navigator</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ED937</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-urquhart.8124/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8124-c89fb8989ed7d2d6846a7207a3371570.jpg?1591389200" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 19660, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Urquhart [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Robert Alexander [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Flying Officer [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]J/9763 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]17th May 1943 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]21 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 5.B.16-18 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 2.8.1919 Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Alexander James and Susie Grace (nee Rollins) Urquhart,Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan,Canada[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]apprentice jeweller,Moose Jaw[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]moved to Vancouver 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]stock manager,Aristocratic Hamburger,Vancouver[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted 9.1.1941 Vancouver,British Columbia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]commission[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]50 Squadron 23.9.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]WIA 17.12.1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award DFC (20.7.1945,wef 18.5.1943)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron 25.3.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]navigator[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Lancaster ED937[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Chastise (Eder Dam)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]hit by flak and crashed 0236 hours Netterden,Germany [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-urquhart.8124/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8124-c89fb8989ed7d2d6846a7207a3371570.jpg?1591389200[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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