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Military service
Service number:
L/22063
Age:
36
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Intelligence Corps
Division:
2 Field Security Sec.
Birth:
November 10, 1905
Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
April 13, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 26.
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Corson. Husband of Jean Corson of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Corson
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Biography
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens)) -
Photo of WILLIAM CORSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Corson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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