Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Alexander Boswell Stafford

In memory of:

Major Alexander Boswell Stafford

June 24, 1917

Military Service

Age:

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

39th Bty.

Honours and Awards:

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information

Born:

January 7, 1877
Westville, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

December 1, 1915
Lethbridge, Alberta

Son of William and Jane Stafford (nee Gibb), of Westville, Nova Scotia. Husband of Mary D. MacIntyre Stafford, of Lethbridge, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 331 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. L. 30.

Location:

Noeux-les-Mines is a town 6 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the town, on the south-east side of the road to Labourse.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Photo of Alexander Boswell Stafford – Major Alexander Boswell Stafford in uniform.
Details

Family Memorial – Family Memorial Headstone at Mountain View Cemetery - Lethbridge, Alberta (with his wife & two daughters) Inscription MAJOR A.B. STAFFORD 39th BATTERY C.F.A. VIMY, FRANCE JUNE 24, 1917 MARY DONALDA STAFFORD 1869 - 1953 DOROTHY DONALDA STAFFORD 1901 - 1963 STAFFORD [Plaque] MARGARET ISABEL DEAN 1906 - 1998

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