Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
April 27, 1919
Caledonia, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 15, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 27, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. B. 6.
Additional information
Son of Harrison Arrell, Q.C., and Eva Margaret Arrell (nee Sawle), of Caledonia, Ontario. Brother of Hugh Cameron and Alexander Harrison Arrell.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Kenner Sawle Arrell
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Photo of Kenner Sawle Arrell
Lieutenant Arrell came to The Queen's Own Rifles in England and was seconded for service in Italy. He went on a POUCH draft in late 1943 and was mortally wounded leading his platoon of 48th Highlanders in an attack on "Cemetery Hill" (west of Ortona). -
Entrance
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
May 2013 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
McMaster University Grad 1939 1943 Roll Call from Ottawa Book of Remembrance Gravetstone of Kenner Sawle Arrell Ortona, Italy 1954 Arrell Lake Letter 1945 Feb 1 London Gazette Lt K S Arrell -
Letter
This is a letter written by Kenner to the widow of Ken Smith 48th Highlanders who was KIA. In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Letter (Page 2)
This is a letter written by Kenner to the widow of Ken Smith 48th Highlanders who was KIA. In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave marker
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Photo of KENNER SAWLE ARRELL
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenner Sawle Arrell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenner Sawle Arrell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Kenner Sawle Arrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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