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Son of George R. and Eva M. McKiel, of Guelph, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P>
Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P>
Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Rolfe McKiel is honoured on page 103 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque.<P>
Photo courtesy Chris Andrew.
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Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Second Lieutenant Rolfe McKiel
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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Rolfe McKiel is honoured on page 103 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque.<P> Photo courtesy Chris Andrew.
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Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 590 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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