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CDN/639 Lieutenant James Lloyd McKenna

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 12 Sep 1918
Died on: 22 Sep 1944
Died at: Killed during the battle of Arnhem, he was first buried in the garden of a house on Weverstraat in Oosterbeek, before being interred in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, plot 6.A.9.
Aged: 26
Buried at: First buried in the garden of a house in Weverstraat (Oosterbeek), probably close to the school, now Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.9.

Rest in Peace Lieutenant McKenna:
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, attd. 11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Cornelius and Elisebeth McKenna, of Grand Pabos, Gaspe County, Province of Quebec, Canada.


Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.