D-DAY 1944 Remembered . . .

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D-DAY 1944 Remembered . . .

Kingston nurse finds story of grandmother’s old flame who died on D-Day

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Annette Long found documents about the romance and Albert Kennedy’s death in her Grandma’s memory box on Remembrance Day, 2013

By: Eric Andrew-Gee Staff Reporter, Published on Sat Jun 06 2015

A first grace from Albert Wilson Kennedy after he was killed on D-Day in Europe while fighting with the allies. He grave would later be moved. Annette Long's grandmother Lillian Davidson dated Albert before he went to Europe.

In the old black-and-white photo, his arm is wrapped around her. They’re wearing going out clothes, posing on her lawn in Mimico — more than seventy years later, no one remembers why.

It’s 1941, so Albert is dressed in a baggy double-breasted suit. Lillian’s hair is curled and her blazer has wide lapels. Their expressions are tentative, but their bodies, pressing close, are full of affection.

This seems to be the last surviving image of Albert and Lillian. Within a year, he would be enlisted in the military. On June 6, 1944, he was bound for Juno Beach in a landing craft.

That was his last mission. Albert died of bullet wounds on D-Day, clutching his Bren gun.

His story has only recently been pieced together by an unlikely detective: Lillian’s granddaughter, Annette Long.

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