Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Wilfrid Lessard
In memory of:
Sergeant Wilfrid Lessard
May 1, 1918
Neuville-Vitasse, France
Military Service
121005
21
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
22nd Bn.
Additional Information
September 14, 1896
St-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Mauricie, Quebec
September 23, 1915
Montréal, Quebec
Baptized Joseph-Pierre-Wilfrid Lessard. Son of Marie-Anne Gélinas (deceased in 1907) and Hormisdas Lessard (remarried in 1908 to Marie-Anne-Alzéma Charette), of Shawinigan-Falls, Mauricie, Québec. He had declared to be born in 1895 when he enlisted.
Commemorated on Page 449 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. E. 9.
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Other – Sommaire de service avec le 22e Bataillon vu que son dossier est manquant aux archives nationales.
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