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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Walter Robert Kenny

In memory of:

Air Vice Marshal Walter Robert Kenny

April 11, 1944

Military Service

Age:

58

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Flying Cross

Additional Information

Son of Robert H. Kenny and Elizabeth Kenny; husband of Nell Louise Kenny, of Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

PrivatePlot. Sec. 52. Lots 35 and 36.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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