In Remembrance of
ROBERT CHRISTIAN D'ABRY DE L'ARVES
(AKA ROBERT HARRISON)
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Service Number: P/JX 22578
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: Robert was a Frenchman who served in the Royal Navy under the alias of "Robert Christian Harrison." He was born on 11 May 1922 in Avirey, Haute Savote, France. He was 19 years old at the time of his loss. We have no additional information.
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Memorial Information
Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Panel 47 Column 3 (click to view panel)
Also memorialised at
Hood Chapel, Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
"Caspack" Paper N. 3927, dated 1942, "French Ratings Lost in H.M.S. Hood and HMS Branlebas"
Royal Navy correspondence (birthdate and home of record, May 2007)
Mr Don Kindell
