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MA YAPPY... You have a Dinner guest coming ....
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... so give him a bit and he should be there soon, he's just checking his dinner attire...... Source: LAC - Caption: Captain Peter K. Kennedy, a company commander of The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, dressing for Sunday dinner, Thaon, France, 6 August 1944
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MacKenzie
I recognized that tartan right away without reading the caption! It's my mother's family's (Margaret MacKenzie Clow). I really should bite the bullet and have one made, perhaps in time for the next CC event. Don't think there's time before Australia, but we'll see.
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Whoa... just thought of something... Mr. Fitton, you still wear the MacKenzie kilt, I believe... do you have a local source? Please advise soonest.
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Re: MA YAPPY... You have a Dinner guest coming ....
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(great photos you're finding Mark!) Karmen |
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I'm ready ...
Got my own dress all picked out for my Higland Laddie visitor ...
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Is he come to woo me then Master Marko?
The Highland Lassie By Robert Burns Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair, Shall ever be my muse's care: Their titles a' are empty show; Gie me my Highland Lassie, O. Within the glen sae bushy, O, Aboon the plains sae rushy, O, I set me down wi' right good will. To sing my Highland Lassie, O. Oh, were yon hills and valleys mine Yon palace and yon gardens fine! The world then the love should know I bear my Highland Lassie, O. But fickle fortune frowns on me, And I maun cross the raging sea! But while my crimson currents flow, I'll love my Highland Lassie, O. Altho' through foreign climes I range, I know her heart will never change, For her bosom burns with honour's glow, My faithful Highland Lassie, O. For her I'll dare the billow's roar, For her I'll trace the distant shore, That Indian wealth may lustre throw Around my Highland Lassie, O. She has my heart, she has my hand, By sacred truth and honour's band! 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low, I'm thine, my Highland Lassie, O! Farewell the glen sae bushy, O! Farewell the plain sae rushy, O! To other lands I now must go, To sing my Highland Lassie, O! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: MA YAPPY... You have a Dinner guest coming ....
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Capt Kennedy-
Peter and his brother, both from Kitchener, were killed in action within a few days of each other near the end of the war. By then they were both Coy Comdrs.
They are spoken of with great fondness by the vets, and are mentioned by name in Copp's new book "Cinderella army"
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Re: Capt Kennedy-
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I had no idea when I posted the photo that Major Kennedy had been killed in action, I should have checked first. For Karmen: As Charlie said, both brothers were killed within days of each other - Major Peter Kingston Kennedy - September 17, 1944 (pictured above) CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen) Pas de Calais,France Grave Reference: 5. E. 1. Major Douglas Philips Kennedy - September 19, 1944 CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (Leubringhen) Pas de Calais,France Grave Reference: 5. E. 2. both of whom are Commemorated on Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance, located here
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Re: Re: Capt Kennedy-
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The date September 17th, 1944 really jumped out at me, as it always does now whenever I see that date, since starting my own research. ("Sept 17th" (1922) was my Uncle Ed's birthday, and also my grandfathers' death date in 1944) Charlie, thank you for letting us know this. Karmen |
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