Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Samuel Porter
In memory of:
Private Samuel Porter
November 10, 1917
Military Service
408947
31
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
20th Bn.
Additional Information
July 12, 1886
Toronto, Ontario
July 15, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Brother of Mrs. Harry Melville of Toronto.
Commemorated on Page 310 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium
XXI. B. 18.
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 10 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Brugseweg (N313), a road connecting Ieper to Brugge. Two streets connect Ieper town centre onto the Brugseweg; Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto the Kalfvaartstraat. At the end of Kalfvaartstraat is a large junction on which Brugseweg is the first right hand turning. The cemetery itself lies 10 Km along the Brugseweg on the right hand side of the road after passing through the village of Poelcapelle (now Poelkapelle).
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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