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Edward Sidney Lytton Planta

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Edward Sidney Lytton Planta

November 1, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

129056

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 11, 1893

Son of Albert Edward and Amy Eglington Planta, of Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 36.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 18, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y294uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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