Name

James Rennie

Born

1906-03-31

Birth Place

Occupation

Machinist

Religion

Presbyterian

Died

1942-08-19

Death Place

Body Washed Ashore Near Ostend, Belguim

Death

Killed in Action at Dieppe

Awards

1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp

Cemetery

Service Record 1

Regimental Number

A21891

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

Battalion

Visit the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre's Online Collections, through the link below, for more information related to this soldier.

Son of Frank and Annis (Harkley) Rennie, of Walkerton, Ontario. Dieppe casualty. Location at Walkerton Cemetery: Plot # 860, Section W17

- (a) Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 102, Walkerton, Veteran’s Commemoration photo album (AX2015.013.002).
- (b) “Walkerton Public Cemetery (257) Branch Veteran’s Photo Gallery & Veterans of WWI & WWII that moved into the Community” BCM&CC, A2022.003.001
- (c) Also see an Article in The Walkerton Herald-Times, October 1, 1942. (d) Also see an Obituary in The Walkerton Herald-Times, January 24, 1935
- Library & Archives Canada
- Ancestry.com. Canada, Selected Service Records of War Dead, 1939 - 1945
- War Graves Commission
- Book of Remembrance
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Find a Grave