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Military service
Service number:
L/74230
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Division:
7 Field Coy.
Death:
August 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. E. 12.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Grace Shannon. Husband of Rachael Wylie Shannon, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Irl William Shannon
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Monument
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Monument (2)
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Monument (3)
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Irl William Shannon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 440 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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