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Walter Grenfell Kirby

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby

November 30, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/74930

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 87 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PECY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-et-Marne, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 2-4

Location:

Pecy is a village in the department of Seine-et-Marne, on the D215 some 20 kilometres south of Coulommiers. The cemetery is west of the village on the D2 road to Rozay-en-Brie, and the war graves will be located on the left of the cemetery entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Walter Grenfell Kirby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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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
  • Pecy Communal Cemetery

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    Pecy Communal Cemetery
    Pecy Communal Cemetery

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