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Kenneth William Carstairs

In memory of:

Lieutenant Kenneth William Carstairs

August 23, 1944
Bramshot, United Kingdom

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/16

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Division:

1st

Additional Information


Born:

August 5, 1922
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 22, 1941
Montreal South, Quebec

Kenneth W. Carstairs was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) as a CANLOAN Officer. Son of David Lindsay Carstairs and of Mary Jane Carstairs (nee Squibb), of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 269 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

43. D. 5.

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Kenneth Carstairs– In memory of the students of West Hill High School, Montreal Quebec. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker for Kenneth William Carstairs at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Image taken 11 November 2014 by Tom Tulloch.

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