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James Snedden Warren

In memory of:

Sergeant James Snedden Warren

June 17, 1941
Shoute, Devonshire, England

Military Service

Service Number:

R/54197

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volonteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

May 25, 1913
Carleton Place, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 19, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of William James Warren and Isobel Snedden (nee Cochrane) Warren of Carleton Place, Ontario; husband of Ordelia Giles (nee West) Warren of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Isobel, Jack and William, predeceased brother David. On Wednesday, September 17, 1941, Miss Hilda Cram's class held a remembrance service in Memorial Park in Carleton Place, Ontario. All of the pupils placed flowers at the base of the cenotaph's single shaft. Prayers were said and the oath of remembrance prayer was recited. Leonard Baird sounded 'Last Post' and 'Reveille' on the trumpet. The class was the students taught by Jimmy Warren before his enlistment for overseas service. The Town of Carleton Place remembered Sergeant Warren by naming a street in his honour.

Commemorated on Page 47 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
Devon, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. Z.K. Grave 42.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Inscription– Inscription to the memory of Sergeant JAMES SNEDDEN WARREN on the family grave marker in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Ontario.

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    Inscription – Inscription to the memory of Sergeant JAMES SNEDDEN WARREN on the family grave marker in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Ontario.
  • Newspaper clipping– Source: Hamilton Spectator June 30, 1941

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    Newspaper clipping – Source: Hamilton Spectator June 30, 1941
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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