Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
69512
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
February 28, 1891
Lower Island, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
December 23, 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Newman and Mary Ann Le Shane, of Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth George Leshane
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Photo of Kenneth George LeShane
In the going down of the sun...<br> and in the morning, we will remember them. -
Photo of Kenneth George LeShane
Kenneth George LeShane of Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. "We Will Remember" -
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. -
Inscription
Upon these walls, the names of those who have graves "known only unto God," who gave the ultimate sacrifice in duty to their country. -
Inscription
Inscription: "K G LeShane" -
Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Birthplace of Kenneth George LeShane. -
Mary An and Newman LeShane
Mary An and Newman LeShane, parents of a son who was lost, but whose memory was never forgotten. (photo circa 1890). -
Commemorative Plaque
Remembrance plaque in the United Church at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay,NL -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll display in the United Church at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay. NL -
Monument
Memorial headstone in the U.C. Cemetery (Lower Island Cove) in remembrance of Kenneth George LeShane carved on headstone of (brother) Alexander LeShane and his wife 'Edith' . Edith Shaw (age 2 weeks)' granddaughter and daughter 'Olive Shaw' also buried at foot. (unmarked). -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
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