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Robert Patrick McKenna

In memory of:

Sergeant Robert Patrick McKenna

August 10, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/63637

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Hugh and Jessie McKenna, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Eleanor Alice McKenna (nee Eldridge), of Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XI. B. 6.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Robert Patrick Mckenna– Sergeant McKenna enlisted with the 1st Bn, QOR of C, in June 1940 when the battalion was mobilised for overseas service. He served in Nfld, N.B. and in England. As a drummer in the Band, he became a stretcher bearer in the Support Company. He survived D-Day and two months of the Normandy campaign. Sergeant McKenna was killed in action carrying our duties at Quesnay Wood, south of Caen, in France.

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    Photo of Robert Patrick Mckenna
    Photo of Robert Patrick Mckenna – Sergeant McKenna enlisted with the 1st Bn, QOR of C, in June 1940 when the battalion was mobilised for overseas service. He served in Nfld, N.B. and in England. As a drummer in the Band, he became a stretcher bearer in the Support Company. He survived D-Day and two months of the Normandy campaign. Sergeant McKenna was killed in action carrying our duties at Quesnay Wood, south of Caen, in France.
  • Gravemarker– This photo of Sgt McKenna's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C in June 1997.

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker – This photo of Sgt McKenna's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C in June 1997.

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