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Son of Dexter and Ethel Keyes, of Gananoque, Ontario. Husband of Mary M. Keyes, of Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
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>
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
Blake Keyes is honoured on page 143 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCalpin and their grandchildren whose fathers were killed in 1944, about 3-1/2 weeks apart.
On the left is Robin (Florence Rita Elnora), daughter of Major Archie MacDonald and his wife Elnora McCalpin.
On the right is Steven, son of Sgt. Blake Keyes and Mary Minerva McCalpin.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Blake Bird Keyes
2005.
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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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Blake Keyes is honoured on page 143 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McCalpin and their grandchildren whose fathers were killed in 1944, about 3-1/2 weeks apart. On the left is Robin (Florence Rita Elnora), daughter of Major Archie MacDonald and his wife Elnora McCalpin. On the right is Steven, son of Sgt. Blake Keyes and Mary Minerva McCalpin.
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2005.
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Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
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