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Ivan Wesley Kelly

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Ivan Wesley Kelly

March 31, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

J/92436

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

June 29, 1924
Mount Hope, Ontario

Enlistment:

January 8, 1943
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of William Truman Kelly and Lillie Abigail Kelly, of Glanford Station, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 529 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

27. D. 4.

Location:

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover. From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road. On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Ivan Wesley Kelly– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1945 Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Ivan Wesley Kelly 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
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Ivan Wesley Kelly as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Becklingen War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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