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Military service
Service number:
B/44954
Age:
20
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
13 Field Regt.
Birth:
August 13, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 7, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 10, 1944
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Ernest and Esther Ann (nee Golby) of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Ernest, Frederick, Edward, Albert and Lillian.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Roy Collyer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 277 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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