Van Allen, Kenneth Marsden (Flight Sub-Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War Died 1916-May-04

Shot down by a German aircraft. **L.S.** Van Allen was shot down in his Caudron aircraft during a bombing raid on the Mariakerk Aerodrome in Belgium. He was captured by Germans troops and made a prisoner of war, but died a week later of the injuries sustained in the air battle and crash. At the conclusion of the war, Van Allen's mother Letitia donated money to build the west wing of the Summerland Hospital as a memorial to her son. Cenotaph at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Chatham-Kent Municipality, Ontario, Canada Plot - Ward H Cenotaph lists death as 1916-05-11

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Finadagrave.com

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Kenneth Marsden Van Allen was exhumed and reburied.