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Ralph Gordon Kelly

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon Kelly

February 20, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/88769

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of George H. Kelly and Matilda E. Kelly, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 350 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

2. F. 3.

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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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    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 Ralph Gordon Kelly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon Kelly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon Kelly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Ralph Gordon Kelly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of RALPH GORDON KELLY– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of RALPH GORDON KELLY – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of RALPH GORDON KELLY – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave Marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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