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Military service
Service number:
460794
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
April 27, 1887
Death:
October 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Donald and Mary McLean, of Fair Isle, Shetland.
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth McLean
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Photo of KENNETH MCLEAN
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Kenneth McLean
Kenneth McLean 44th Canadian Battalion. Killed 25 October 1916 at the Regina Trench. Kenneth McLean grew up on Fair Isle, Shetland. Kenneth and his younger brother Charles fought together in France and died three days apart in 1916. Their story is featured on the award winning documentary 'Our Boys, Fair Isle and World War One' produced by the pupils of Fair Isle Primary School (http://www.rblscotland.com/schools/primary-schools-war-memorial-competition-winners/ ). This picture was scanned from an original housed in the Fair Isle Museum (George Waterson Memorial Centre). It was sent by Kenneth to his family in Fair Isle.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth McLean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 128 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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