Robert Timbrell - Early Life

Early Life

Born in Tavistock, Devon he was the son of a British railway engineer who found work in Canada. His early schooling was at West Vancouver High School in British Columbia, but at 15 he joined the River Mersey-based training ship HMS Conway as a cadet. Timbrell graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1937, student# RCNSE54.

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