Military Service-
Age: 27
Force: Army
Service: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Son of Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Captain Erskine Robert Eaton is commemorated on Page 71 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
View Cenotaph Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Erskine Robert Eaton was born in 1915 to Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of five children. His father was the third President of Canada's 'Eatons' Ltd.
After schooling, Erskine attended the University of Toronto Schools and the Royal Military College of Canada. Erskine was a well-known horseman and obtained a commission in the Governor-General's Body Guard. He was chosen to be a member of the Army team to represent Canada in the 1938 Dublin Horse Show.At the outbreak of the war, he was working at the Montreal store of the T. Eaton Co. which his great uncle founded. He immediately volunteered for active service and joined the 1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal. Erskine initially served as Transport Officer for Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal, before attending a company commander's course early in 1940. He also served as intelligence officer of the 5th Brigade. He was gazetted Captain in the spring of 1942, and became second in command of "D" Company.The Eaton's were a military family, Erskine's father Robert was honorary colonel of the Governor-General's Body Guard, his older brother John was a Major serving with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, his younger brother was a lieutenant in the 3rd Reserve Armoured regiment and one of his sisters Margret was a Major in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.On 19 August, the Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal was part of the assault force which landed on the beach immediately below Dieppe. During the assault Captain Erskine was wounded and transported back to England. He died of his wounds later that day aged 27. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery.
Age: 27
Force: Army
Service: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Son of Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Captain Erskine Robert Eaton is commemorated on Page 71 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
View Cenotaph Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Erskine Robert Eaton was born in 1915 to Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of five children. His father was the third President of Canada's 'Eatons' Ltd.
After schooling, Erskine attended the University of Toronto Schools and the Royal Military College of Canada. Erskine was a well-known horseman and obtained a commission in the Governor-General's Body Guard. He was chosen to be a member of the Army team to represent Canada in the 1938 Dublin Horse Show.At the outbreak of the war, he was working at the Montreal store of the T. Eaton Co. which his great uncle founded. He immediately volunteered for active service and joined the 1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal. Erskine initially served as Transport Officer for Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal, before attending a company commander's course early in 1940. He also served as intelligence officer of the 5th Brigade. He was gazetted Captain in the spring of 1942, and became second in command of "D" Company.The Eaton's were a military family, Erskine's father Robert was honorary colonel of the Governor-General's Body Guard, his older brother John was a Major serving with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, his younger brother was a lieutenant in the 3rd Reserve Armoured regiment and one of his sisters Margret was a Major in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.On 19 August, the Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal was part of the assault force which landed on the beach immediately below Dieppe. During the assault Captain Erskine was wounded and transported back to England. He died of his wounds later that day aged 27. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery.
Military Service-
Age: 27
Force: Army
Service: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Son of Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Captain Erskine Robert Eaton is commemorated on Page 71 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
View Cenotaph Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Erskine Robert Eaton was born in 1915 to Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of five children. His father was the third President of Canada's 'Eatons' Ltd.
After schooling, Erskine attended the University of Toronto Schools and the Royal Military College of Canada. Erskine was a well-known horseman and obtained a commission in the Governor-General's Body Guard. He was chosen to be a member of the Army team to represent Canada in the 1938 Dublin Horse Show.At the outbreak of the war, he was working at the Montreal store of the T. Eaton Co. which his great uncle founded. He immediately volunteered for active service and joined the 1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal. Erskine initially served as Transport Officer for Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal, before attending a company commander's course early in 1940. He also served as intelligence officer of the 5th Brigade. He was gazetted Captain in the spring of 1942, and became second in command of "D" Company.The Eaton's were a military family, Erskine's father Robert was honorary colonel of the Governor-General's Body Guard, his older brother John was a Major serving with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, his younger brother was a lieutenant in the 3rd Reserve Armoured regiment and one of his sisters Margret was a Major in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.On 19 August, the Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal was part of the assault force which landed on the beach immediately below Dieppe. During the assault Captain Erskine was wounded and transported back to England. He died of his wounds later that day aged 27. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery.
Age: 27
Force: Army
Service: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, R.C.I.C.
Son of Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Captain Erskine Robert Eaton is commemorated on Page 71 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
View Cenotaph Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Erskine Robert Eaton was born in 1915 to Robert Young Eaton and Hazel Margaret Eaton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the fourth of five children. His father was the third President of Canada's 'Eatons' Ltd.
After schooling, Erskine attended the University of Toronto Schools and the Royal Military College of Canada. Erskine was a well-known horseman and obtained a commission in the Governor-General's Body Guard. He was chosen to be a member of the Army team to represent Canada in the 1938 Dublin Horse Show.At the outbreak of the war, he was working at the Montreal store of the T. Eaton Co. which his great uncle founded. He immediately volunteered for active service and joined the 1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal. Erskine initially served as Transport Officer for Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal, before attending a company commander's course early in 1940. He also served as intelligence officer of the 5th Brigade. He was gazetted Captain in the spring of 1942, and became second in command of "D" Company.The Eaton's were a military family, Erskine's father Robert was honorary colonel of the Governor-General's Body Guard, his older brother John was a Major serving with the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, his younger brother was a lieutenant in the 3rd Reserve Armoured regiment and one of his sisters Margret was a Major in the Canadian Women's Army Corps.On 19 August, the Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal was part of the assault force which landed on the beach immediately below Dieppe. During the assault Captain Erskine was wounded and transported back to England. He died of his wounds later that day aged 27. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery.
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E. R. EATON
LES FUSILIERS MONT-ROYAL
19TH AUGUST 1942 AGE 27
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