Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Claude Wellington Pike
In memory of:
Lieutenant Claude Wellington Pike
October 8, 1916
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
3rd Bn.
Additional Information
Claude Wellington Pike was born at Windsor Ontario in 1892 and attended local Public Schools. He was a graduate of the Windsor Collegiate later known as Patterson High School.Lt. Pike is also commemorated on the Masonic War Memorial at Malden Park, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 148 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France
I. D. 1.
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Claude Wellington Pike – Born in Vancouver B.C. but lived in Windsor. Enlisted with the 99th Battalion in May 1916. Killed in action at the Somme, October 8, 1916. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Image source from news article as shown regarding Lt Pike's ultimate sacrifice -
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Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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