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Military service
Service number:
P/16459
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Death:
July 24, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A, H, 120.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
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Cemetery
Entrance - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Agira Canadian War Cemetery - 2013 -
Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of William Steenson
WO 2 Steenson was commanding a patrol of Canadian soldiers which was trapped in a village in Sicily when an enemy tank suddenly appeared. Bill Steenson calmy gave orders that extracted the soldiers from the village under heavy enemy fire. When all of his soldiers had reached safety Steenson attempted to leave the village but the surprise appearance of a second enemy tank led to him being killed in action. Steenson received no decoration or commandation for his action. WO 2 Steenson was a member of the pre-war regular army, the Permanent Force, and the photo was taken at Niagara-on-the-Lake camp in 1938. -
Circumstances of death register
Bill Steenson's Ontario death register. Born on 19 October 1913 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II William Steenson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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