Corporal SAMUEL CHARLES McKENNA (photo added)

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Rank Corporal
Forenames SAMUEL CHARLES
Surname McKENNA (photo added)
Initials S C
Place of Birth GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
Date of Birth Unknown
Date of Death Friday, 09 June 1944
Age 29
Nationality British
Residence or Entered Service From FALKIRK, STIRLINGSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
Service Number 2981620
Force British Army
Service/Corps/Regiment Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron 12 Parachute Battalion (6th Airborne Division)
Military Honours and Awards
Place of Burial/Commemoration RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Roll of honour
Grave/Memorial Location IIIA. H. 4.
Previous Place(s) of Burial Unknown
Epitaph
Family Details Unknown

Additional Information

Corporal SAMUEL CHARLES McKENNA, undated.1

 

 

References
1. Photographs, unless otherwise credited, kindly provided by Alistair Buchanan, grandson of Corporal SAMUEL CHARLES McKENNA.

 

Acknowledgements and Credits
Source of original data: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Headstone photograph: Carl Shilleto
Cross marker photograph:  
Individual photograph: Alistair Buchanan, grandson of Corporal SAMUEL CHARLES McKENNA.
Additional photographs provided by: Carl Shilleto
Additional information provided by: Alistair Buchanan, grandson of Corporal SAMUEL CHARLES McKENNA.

 

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Alistair Buchanan

Remembering with love Samuel CharlesMcKenna and all those who fell with him, they died for our freedom, with love from all his descendants.

On Tuesday, June 6, 2017