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Charles Melville Shannon

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Charles Melville Shannon

May 9, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/80520

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

419 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of John Fulton Shannon and Mary Amelia Shannon; husband of Yvonne Dorothy Shannon, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 113 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 8. B. 2-7.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Temporary grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January  1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Melville Shannon is 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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Charles Melville Shannon is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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