• Operation Frankton

Date of birth:

December 4th, 1921 (Springburn/Glasgow, Scotland)

Date of death:

December 11th, 1942 (Blanquefort, France)

Mentioned on:

Plymouth Naval Memorial

Service number:

PLY/X 108350

Nationality:

British

Robert Ewart was born in Springburn, Glasgow. Before joining the Royal Marines in 1941, he worked as a textile worker and lived in Springburn. Ewart trained in Plymouth as part of the elite Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD). He took part in Operation Frankton in December 1942. During this mission, Ewart was deployed from the submarine HMS Tuna and paddled 60 miles up the Gironde Estuary in a two-man canoe called the Coalfish, along with Sergeant S. Wallace. However, they were captured, tortured and executed under Hitler's 'command order' a few days after the operation. Ewart's remains are missing. For this reason, he is commemorated on the Marine Memorial in Plymouth.

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• - Ashdown, P., A Brilliant Little Operation (2013)
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