Robert Hutchings

Sobey Wall of Honour

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65

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6

First Line Inscription
Robert Hutchings

I left my hometown of Lee on Solent on the 20th of March bound for Canada on the ship Scythia. My family was in Lee on Solent throughout the Second World War, my father being an air gunner navigator in the R A F. I met some wonderful people while crossing the Atlantic, two of which I am very close to. In fact in March 29, 2003 we went to Pier 21 to celebrate our 50th anniversary with our wives. We have five children and nine grandchildren.

Three young men in overcoats standing outside building.
Robert Hutchings in Southampton with the Tinker Brothers, c. 1950. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (DI2013.1887.1).
Photo of front side of ship with name Scythia clearly visible.
Scythia at Port, 1953. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (DI2013.1895.2).