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Cecil Robert Ellsworth Fancy

In memory of:

Private Cecil Robert Ellsworth Fancy

June 5, 1951
South Korea

Military Service


Service Number:

F/800498

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Citation(s):

United Nations Service Medal (Korea), Korea Medal

Additional Information


Born:

January 16, 1926
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

November 9, 1944
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of late Private Cecil Clayton (F39598) and Eva Martha Fancy of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Brother of Bertha, Segrid, Doris and Lorna.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 23 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
South Korea

Grave Reference:

20. 2. 1133

Location:

The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of CECIL ROBERT ELLSWORTH FANCY– Cecil Fancy  Jr
  • Memorial– Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
  • Grave marker– Grave marker, Un Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013

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