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Kenneth Earlwood Pennell

In memory of:

Corporal Kenneth Earlwood Pennell

September 15, 1957
Suez-Ismailia, Egypt

Military Service


Service Number:

SB 138623

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), Canadian Forces Decoration, Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

Additional Information


Born:

January 11, 1926
North Bay, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 1, 1946
North Bay, Ontario

Son of the late Obadiah and Abigail Pennell of North Bay, Ontario. Husband of Kathleen Mary (nee Gilpin) Pennell of Kingston, Ontario. Father of Kenneth E. and Douglas C. Pennell. Brother of Clarence, Melville, Donald, Iva and Eilleen Pennell.

Commemorated on Page 83 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot 16 Row A Grave 19

Location:

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY is situated just off the main Ismailia-Cairo road, 10 kilometres by road from Ismailia. The cemetery is contained within an army camp, 3 kilometres along Treaty Road.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Funeral– Funeral of Cpl KE Pennell who 
was killed in Gaza in 1957.
  • Lying in state before the funeral
  • Funeral Procession
  • Final salute to a Fallen comrade
  • Funeral Procession
  • Funeral Procession– Chaplain meets the courtage at Moascar War Cemetary
  • Funeral Procession to Grave
  • Funeral Procession
  • Funeral Procession
  • Photo of Kenneth Earlwood Pennell

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