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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Ernest Baverstock

In memory of:

Private Ernest Baverstock

October 1, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

142260

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

24th Bn.

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. F. 10.

Location:

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada.  CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames:  Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150.  Page 955 of 1058.
  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Milton Ontario War Memorial (1926), Victoria Park Square, Milton, 
Ontario, Canada.
  • Milton Ontario War Memorial– Names listed on the Milton Ontario War Memorial.
  • Gravemarker– Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson
  • Memorial– Family Marker, Evergreen Cemetery, Milton Ontario Canada

Baverstock page:
http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/Research/Web%20Sites/Milton%20Soldiers/WWI%20Soldier%20Details/baverstock.htm
  • Grave Marker– Photo for reproduction courtesy of and with the permission of the Maple Leaf Legacy Project. Retrieved by Richard Laughton for the Milton Historical Society Great War Web Site. 

Contay British Cemetery, France
Contay British Cemetery, France
  • Photo of ERNEST BAVERSTOCK– In memory of the men joined the 76th Battalion CEF and died while serving in other Battalions. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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