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Military service
Service number:
B/37466
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 20, 1919
Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 9, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24. Column 1.
Additional information
Son of Vincent and Margaret Brennan. Husband of Annie A. Brennan, of Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
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Photo of Kenneth Percival Brennan
Pte. Brennan had been with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry since his enlistment on April 9, 1940, going overseas with his unti in August 1940. While in England he was trained in commando tactics, killed in action at Dieppe. -
Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Inscription on Brookwood Memorial
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan is one of five members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, who went missing at Dieppe on August 19, 1942 and were subsequently presumed dead, who are commemorated on this Panel at the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1st 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Percival Brennan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 60 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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