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John Fulton

In memory of:

Private John Fulton

September 22, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

412650

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 21, 1886
Antrim, Ireland

Enlistment:

February 22, 1915
Port Hope, Ontario

He served as John Watt and he is commemorated on page 179 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

Son of William and Jane Fulton, of Garrifgeary, Randalstown, Moneywick, Co. Antrim, Ireland.

Digitized service file.

Commemorated on Page 89 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

2ND CANADIAN CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

B. 3.

Location:

The 2nd Canadian Cemetery lies in the fields on Accommodation road 400 metres east of the main Contalmaison to Pozieres road. Contalmaison is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The sunken road from which this cemetery is named is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road. The cemetery lies in the fields on Accommodation road 400 metres east of the main Contalmaison to Pozieres road. The cemetery was made in July-October, 1916, during the middle fighting in the Somme offensive. There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 383 square metres and is enclosed by a low red brick wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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