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Son of Arthur Trollope Wilgress and Meta Carleton Wilgress, of Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Kortright Kesteven Wilgress
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Lieutenant George Kortright Kesteven Wilgress
Lieutenant GEORGE K KORTRIGHT WILGRESS and Sergeant WILLIAM ENNOSS of the 21st Battalion, whose deaths are reported in this item from the Globe, Toronto on Tuesday November 30, 1915 were killed in action on November 27, 1915 and were buried in adjacent graves in RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Clipping from the Renfrew Mercury for 21 March 1919 mentionning the character and death of Lieutenant Wilgress.
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From the Toronto Star for 15 December 1915.
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At Rest at Ridgewood Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Lieutenant GEORGE K KORTRIGHT WILGRESS and Sergeant WILLIAM ENNOSS of the 21st Battalion, whose deaths are reported in this item from the Globe, Toronto on Tuesday November 30, 1915 were killed in action on November 27, 1915 and were buried in adjacent graves in RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium.
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Source: The Globe, Toronto Monday December 6, 1915
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
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In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Berlin (Ontario) News Record newspaper 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Kingston Daily Standard c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on the Slijpstraat, a road leading from the Kemmelseweg. (Connecting Ieper to Kemmel N331).
From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort), and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 m after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing).
4 km along the Kemmelseweg on the right hand side lies Elzenwalle Military Cemetery, which marks the junction with Slijpstraat. RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY lies 1 Km along the Slijpstraat, after a small staggered crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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