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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
226573
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
August 1, 1895
Newbridge, Kildare
Enlistment:
October 18, 1915
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
19.C. 16.
Additional information
Son of William Silas Golden of Worcester Park, England.
Additional citations
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Herbert Victor Golden
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Inscription
Private Herbert Victor Golden is also commemorated on the Vimy Memorial ... Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Private Herbert Victor Golden is also commemorated on the Vimy Memorial ... Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Private Herbert Victor Golden is also commemorated on the Vimy Memorial ... Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death
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Private Herbert Victor Golden
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Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Victor Golden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 Pas de Calais, France
The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.
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