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Military service
Service number:
R/77465
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 29, 1919
Cookshire, Québec
Enlistment:
December 3, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
December 5, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 61.
Additional information
Son of James Arthur and Christina Adeline Drennan of Lennoxville, Quebec.
Brother of Sergeant Gerald Maxwell Drennan, who died on the same day while serving with the same unit.
Digital gallery of Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
Source: Globe and Mail December 12, 1941 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail December 9, 1941 -
Photo of James Drennan
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me Sergeant Air Gunners Gerald Maxwell and James Douglas Drennan, brothers, previously reported missing, were officially listed as killed in action on December 5, 1941. Gerald, 20, enlisted from Sherbrooke, Quebec branch on November 6, 1940, while James, 23, enlisted from Lennoxville, Quebec branch on November 30, 1940. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter (1)
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter (3)
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter (2)
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Douglas Drennan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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