Robert Alfred Deighton was born in about 1870. He was living at 49 Fairbank Street, Islington, London, when he was killed on the night of 7th/8th September 1940 in the Columbia Market Air Raid Shelter which took a direct hit from a bomb.
His death was registered as aged 70 years in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London. It is unknown where his body was .
He is shown as 'DEIGHTON Robert 70' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
He is also commemorated on the , on the , which shows him incorrectly dying on 7 September 1940 and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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