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Son of Newman and Mary Ann Le Shane, of Lower Island Cove, Newfoundland.
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth George Leshane
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Kenneth George LeShane of Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland.
"We Will Remember"
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
In the going down of the sun...<br>
and in the morning, we will remember them.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth George Leshane
Upon these walls, the names of those who have graves "known only unto God," who gave the ultimate sacrifice in duty to their country.
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Inscription: "K G LeShane"
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Birthplace of Kenneth George LeShane.
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Mary An and Newman LeShane, parents of a son who was lost, but whose memory was never forgotten. (photo circa 1890).
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Remembrance plaque in the United Church
at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay,NL
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Honour Roll display in the United Church
at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay. NL
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Memorial headstone in the U.C. Cemetery
(Lower Island Cove) in remembrance of
Kenneth George LeShane carved on headstone of (brother) Alexander LeShane
and his wife 'Edith' . Edith Shaw (age 2 weeks)' granddaughter and daughter 'Olive Shaw' also buried at foot. (unmarked).
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Private Kenneth George Leshane
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Kenneth George LeShane of Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. "We Will Remember"
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In the going down of the sun...<br> and in the morning, we will remember them.
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It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
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Upon these walls, the names of those who have graves "known only unto God," who gave the ultimate sacrifice in duty to their country.
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Inscription: "K G LeShane"
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Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Birthplace of Kenneth George LeShane.
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Mary An and Newman LeShane, parents of a son who was lost, but whose memory was never forgotten. (photo circa 1890).
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Remembrance plaque in the United Church at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay,NL
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Honour Roll display in the United Church at Lower Island Cove, Conception Bay. NL
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Memorial headstone in the U.C. Cemetery (Lower Island Cove) in remembrance of Kenneth George LeShane carved on headstone of (brother) Alexander LeShane and his wife 'Edith' . Edith Shaw (age 2 weeks)' granddaughter and daughter 'Olive Shaw' also buried at foot. (unmarked).
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium
The Menin Gate Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders, on the road to Menin and Courtrai. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and erected by the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commission, it consists of a Hall of Memory", 36.6 metres long by 20.1 metres wide. In the centre are broad staircases leading to the ramparts which overlook the moat, and to pillared loggias which run the whole length of the structure. On the inner walls of the Hall, on the side of the staircases and on the walls of the loggias, panels of Portland stone bear the names of the dead, inscribed by regiment and corps. Carved in stone above the central arch are the words:
TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.
Over the two staircases leading from the main Hall is the inscription:
HERE ARE RECORDED NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN YPRES SALIENT BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
The dead are remembered to this day in a simple ceremony that takes place every evening at 8:00 p.m. All traffic through the gateway in either direction is halted, and two buglers (on special occasions four) move to the centre of the Hall and sound the Last Post. Two silver trumpets for use in the ceremony are a gift to the Ypres Last Post Committee by an officer of the Royal Canadian Artillery, who served with the 10th Battery, of St. Catharines, Ontario, in Ypres in April 1915."
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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