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Kenneth Leverne Cannings

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Kenneth Leverne Cannings

May 9, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/90920

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

432 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 28, 1923
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Enlistment:

July 10, 1941
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Albert George and Harriett Cannings, of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WEVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

Grave E. 463.

Location:

WEVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 22 Km east of Ieper town centre on the Meenseweg N8, connecting Ieper to Menen (Menin), Wevelgem and on to Kortrijk. Wevelgem is approached via the Meenseweg N8. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. The cemetery itself is located on the junction with the Moorselestraat and is accessed from from the N8 Vanackerstraat.

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 Kenneth Leverne Cannings is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Kenneth Leverne Cannings is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Kenneth Leverne Cannings is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Kenneth Leverne Cannings is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Grave of my Uncle, Ken Cannings, in the community grave yard in Welvelgen, Belgium. He was one of four crew of a Halifax bomber who perished. Three of the crew survived as POWs. Reported that he died on the church steps of Welvelgen because his parachute did not open. The inscription was written by my grandfather.

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    Grave marker – Grave of my Uncle, Ken Cannings, in the community grave yard in Welvelgen, Belgium. He was one of four crew of a Halifax bomber who perished. Three of the crew survived as POWs. Reported that he died on the church steps of Welvelgen because his parachute did not open. The inscription was written by my grandfather.
  • Photo of KENNETH LEVERNE CANNINGS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of KENNETH LEVERNE CANNINGS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Identification– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Identification – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of KENNETH LEVERNE CANNINGS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of KENNETH LEVERNE CANNINGS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Monument– His name is listed on the the Medicine Hat cenotaph in Riverside Park, Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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    Monument – His name is listed on the the Medicine Hat cenotaph in Riverside Park, Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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