FLEMING Robert Blyth

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
    Blyth 
  • Surname:
    FLEMING
  • Service Number:
    36253
  • Rank:

    Major

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Royal Armoured Corps
  • Regiment:
    7th Royal Tank Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th July 1944
  • Age At Death:
    36
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France, Grave VIII. H. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Robert Alexander Douglas and Ethel Mildred Fleming; husband of Marjorie Ethel Fleming, of Farnborough, Hampshire

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FLEMING Robert Blyth Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern College WW2 Memorial

Further Information About FLEMING Robert Blyth

Robert Fleming was born in 1907. He attended Malvern College from 1921 to 1926.

The following information has been researched by and is courtesy of John Barry:
Marriage 19th February 1936, Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Blyth Fleming, Lieut. Royal Tank Corps, Blackwater, Hants, England, Bachelor, Born: London, Age: 28, Father: Robert Alexander Douglas Fleming, Independent Means, Mother: Ethel Mildred Currie
Marjorie Ethel Royle, Home Duties, Darling Point, Spinster, Born: Bellevue Hill, Age: 20, Father: Frederick Arthur Royle, Company Director, Mother: Ethel Jessie Kirkcaldy

1939 Register – Robert Fleming’s parents
Hawley House, Blackwater, Hampshire
Robert A.D. Fleming, born 31st August 1870, Merchant Banker, retired, transport Officer A.R.P. Hartley Wintney
Ethel M. Fleming, born 22nd March 1873, Incapacitated

1939 Register – Robert’s wife
9 Lambsdown Terrace, Pewsey, Wiltshire
Marjorie E. Fleming, born 23rd February 1915, Housewife

Major Fleming was killed along with 4 others on Hill 112 near Eterville. 9 Tigers and Panthers knocked out. 8 Churchills knocked out.

7th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment War Diary – Fleming


Unknown Newspaper, 26th July 1944:
Fleming. – Killed in action in Normandy in July, 1944, Major Robert Blyth Fleming, R.T.R., aged 36, dearly loved son of Robert and Ethel Fleming, Hawley House, Hawley, Hants, and beloved husband of Marjorie Ethel (Peggy) and father of Jennifer and John.

Probate 1945
Fleming Robert Blyth of Hawley House Blackwater Hampshire died 10 July 1944 on war service Probate Llandudno 3 February to Marjorie Ethel Fleming widow and John Fleming squadron leader R.A.F. Effects £1303. 19s 4d.

Hill 226 Memorial

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