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Kenneth Ferguson Yuill

In memory of:

Sergeant (Air Observer) Kenneth Ferguson Yuill

July 6, 1942
Cerrig, Breckonshire, Wales

Military Service


Service Number:

R/106035

Age:

30

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.

Additional Information


Born:

March 28, 1912
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

May 13, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of James McAuley and Agnes (nee McCricick) Yuill, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 126 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HEREFORD CEMETERY
Herefordshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot A. (C. of E.). Joint grave 5619.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Hereford Cemetery– Air Observer Sgt. Kenneth Yuill was training on #22 Operational Training Unit.
Wellington aircraft was carrying practice bombs and reconnaissance flares when
It flew into some low cloud and crashed a few feet from the summit of a
Mountain at Cerric, Breconshire.
He is buried in the Hereford Cemetery, Herefordshire, England.  
The other crew members were 
F.S. E. E. Mittell
F.S. J. B. Kemp
Sgt. J. P. Hayes
Sgt. H. C. Beatty.

From They Shall Grow Not Old: Les Allison, 
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
  • Memorial– Sergeant (Air Observer) Kenneth Ferguson Yuill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant (Air Observer) Kenneth Ferguson Yuill is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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