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Son of Mrs. Edith B. Astle, of Paris, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth Milan Astle
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.<P>
The original monument included lamps styled as flames on the posts at either side of the central Cross. An outer pair of monuments were added at a later date in honour of the Paris men who fell in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
This is a section of the War Memorial at Chester Green, Derby, England on which Kenneth Astle's name is commemorated. He was born nearby at Little Chester in Derby. He enlisted on 9th June 1916 at Paris, Ontario having had military experience with the 25th Brant Dragoons. He was a hosiery knitter by trade.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
This is a view of the War Memorial on which Kenneth Astle's name is commemorated in front of St Paul's Church, Chester Green, Derby, England.
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Milan Astle
From the Brantford Expositor 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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An unveiling and dedication ceremony was conducted at the memorial on November 11th, 1930. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs. R. Baldwin, mother of Nursing Sister Dorothy Baldwin. A dedicatory address was made by Lt.-Col. the Ven. Archdeacon F. G. Scott, D.S.O. (Canon Scott). Bands of the 10th Brant Dragoons and the 1st Dufferin Rifles assisted in the service. The memorial was designed and built by the Hunter Granite Works, Simcoe, Ontario. It is inscribed: 1914 - 1918 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PARIS WHO FELL AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR.<P> The original monument included lamps styled as flames on the posts at either side of the central Cross. An outer pair of monuments were added at a later date in honour of the Paris men who fell in the Second World War.
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This Roll of Honour appeared in the pamphlet distributed at the Paris Ontario War Memorial's unveiling and dedication ceremony on November 11th, 1930.
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This is a section of the War Memorial at Chester Green, Derby, England on which Kenneth Astle's name is commemorated. He was born nearby at Little Chester in Derby. He enlisted on 9th June 1916 at Paris, Ontario having had military experience with the 25th Brant Dragoons. He was a hosiery knitter by trade.
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This is a view of the War Memorial on which Kenneth Astle's name is commemorated in front of St Paul's Church, Chester Green, Derby, England.
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From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Brantford Expositor 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 361 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS Pas de Calais, France
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