Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John James McNeil
In memory of:
Stoker 2nd Class John James McNeil
April 29, 1944
Military Service
V/59518
20
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Athabaskan
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence McNeil of New Victoria, Nova Scotia.
Commemorated on Page 391 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LANDEDA COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistere, France
Plot 12. Row 3. Grave 18.
Landeda is a village and commune about 23 kilometres north-north-west of Brest and 4 kilometres north-west of the small town of Lannilis. There is a branch railway line from Brest to Lannilis, whence a taxi is the only means of transport. The cemetery is on the northern side of the village. South-east of the Calvary is the grave of a man of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – In Memoriam - John Joseph McNeil by Scott Young, Globe and Mail 13 March 1974.
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