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Military service
Service number:
J/38742
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
409 Sqdn.
Death:
March 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. G. 7.
Additional information
Son of Thomas S. and Isabel May Brenton, of Deseronto, Ontario. Husband of Margaret Lillian Brenton, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Edwin Swayne who died on August 15, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
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Newspaper clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, March 30, 1945 -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “F/O K. S. BRENTON R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 7 reads: F/O Kenneth Stickney BRENTON 409 Sqn RCAF. Former student Victoria College, 1940-42. Killed in an air operation over France, 16 March 1945. Buried in Lesquin Cemetery, France. Exhumed and reburied in the Canadian War Cemetery, Adegem, East Flanders, Belgium. -
Victoria College WWII Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at Victoria College, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. “They were valiant in life and triumphant in death. (Victoria University Crest - Abeunt studia in mores). 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”. Among the 79 names inscribed is that of: “Kenneth Stickney Brenton”. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Photo of KENNETH STICKNEY BRENTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Stickney Brenton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 498 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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