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Military service
Service number:
B/36943
Age:
37
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 17, 1904
Newcastle on Tyne, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 7, 1939
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L. 32.
Additional information
Son of William Kennedy of Newcastle on Tyne , United Kingdom. Husband of Margaret Kennedy of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal William Kennedy
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator August 27, 1942 -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery located approximately 5 km. from the beach of Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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