Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William Harland Balcom

In memory of:

Lance Corporal William Harland Balcom

April 24, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

282892

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

12th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 12, 1898

Son of D. Morse Balcom and Hattie A. Balcom, of Lawrencetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

C. 9.

Location:

The town of Frevent is 9.5 kilometres south of St Pol and 16 kilometres south-east of Hesdin. ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY and EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the town on the south side of the secondary road to Sericourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames:  Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149.  Page 581 of 1072.

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: