Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Alexander Irving
In memory of:
Major William Alexander Irving
October 11, 1916
Military Service
30
Army
Canadian Field Artillery
10th Bde.
Additional Information
Son of Capt. and Mrs. John Irving, of Victoria, British Columbia; husband of Evelyn Hay Irving, of The Esplanade, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 108 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France
I. G. 33.
Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 14, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y264uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Death Certificate – C.E.F. Death Certificate For Major William Alexander Irving 43rd Batty. 10 Brigade Canadian Field Artillery Killed in Action Oct.11th 1916. Certificate dated Feb. 19th 1919 -
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Letter – Letter sent to the mother of Major William Alexander Irving 43rd Batty. 10th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery who was killed in of Action Oct.11th 1916 to her home Victoria BC. About the C.E.F. Death Certificate she had asked for. -
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Grave Marker -
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Cemetery – Albert Communal Cemetery Extension (CWGC)
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