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Richard Allan Shannon

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Richard Allan Shannon

December 10, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/89211

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

417 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of George Richard and Ettie White Shannon, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 440 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VI, D, 23.

Location:

The FORLI WAR CEMETERY lies in the Commune and Province of Forli, about 3 kilometres south-west of the town in the locality of Vecchiazzano, Via Borghina. Forli is a town at the junction of the main roads from Ravenna to Florence and from Faenza to Rimini. Exit the Highway A14, Bologna-Taranto, at Forli. Continue into the town and after passing the large communal cemetery, turn right at the traffic lights. Follow this road to its junction with the Bologna-Rimini road and turn left. The first signpost to the FORLIWAR CEMETERY will be found after several hundred metres on the right hand side. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned. The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of RICHARD ALLAN SHANNON– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo of the marker taken during a trip to Italy.

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