Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Basil Elliot Keown
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Basil Elliot Keown
June 11, 1944
In the field
Military Service
B/61517
33
Army
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
6th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
October 10, 1910
Rock Lake, Ontario
May 26, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Robert and Emily Keown. Husband of Annie Keown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 19, Column 2.
The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Inscription – Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, March 27, 1945, page 11
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