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William Armstrong Syer

In memory of:

Private William Armstrong Syer

August 8, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

826184

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

January 24, 1885

Son of William and Hannah Syer, of Bedlington, Northumberland.

Commemorated on Page 510 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

V. B. 22.

Location:

Crouy is a village about 16 kilometres north-west of Amiens on the west side of the River Somme, on the Amiens-Abbeville main road. The CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY is a little south of the village on the west side of the road to Cavillon and there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost on the main road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of August 22, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y222uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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