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Military service
Service number:
R/167091
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
48. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Esther McNay, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary McNay, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Irvin Robert McNay
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Irvin Robert McNay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Irvin Robert McNay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale Symmonds -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Irvin McNay
Remembered at RAF Welford by the Ridgeway Military and Aviation Research Group -
Photo of Irvin Robert McNay
Irvin Robert McNay in uniform. -
Photo of Irvin and Doug
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Family Photo
With his parents and brothers. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of IRVIN ROBERT MCNAY
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 390 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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