Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Nelson Clarke Kenny

In memory of:

Lieutenant Nelson Clarke Kenny

May 18, 1917

Military Service

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

54th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of James M. and Amy Kenny, of Whitby, Ontario. A land surveyor of British Columbia. Born at Guelph, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 267 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IX. B. 12.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Photo of NELSON CLARKE KENNY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Photo of NELSON CLARKE KENNY
    Photo of NELSON CLARKE KENNY – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Photo from the Orillia Packet, June 1917. His parents were living at the Fern Cottage, north of Atherley.

    Details

    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Photo from the Orillia Packet, June 1917. His parents were living at the Fern Cottage, north of Atherley.
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

    Details

    Biography
    Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.

    Details

    Honour Roll
    Honour Roll – From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of May 31, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y148uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

    Details

    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of May 31, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y148uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

    Details

    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: