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Military service
Service number:
B/79949
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
June 21, 1924
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
April 27, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IIA. L. 3.
Additional information
Son of Oswald and May Somers Pledger, of Hillsdale, Ontario.
Brother of Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Thomas Pledger, who was killed in action on June 13, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth Mervyn Pledger
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Photo of Kenneth Pledger
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Photo of Kenneth Pledger
Ken Pledger in southern England one week before D-Day on leave with his brother. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Mervyn Pledger
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Mervyn Pledger
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Mervyn Pledger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 418 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.
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