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Military service
Service number:
300039
Age:
32
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde.
Birth:
July 12, 1885
Enlistment:
Gananoque, Ontario
Death:
August 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
P. II. B. 1B.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Mary Compeau; husband of Louise G. Compeau, of Gananoque, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Sandford Compeau
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1191 of 1384. -
Le Gananoque se souvient
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P> -
Page Commémoratif
Sandford Compeau is honoured on page 82 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005. -
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Photo de Sandford Compeau
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Pierre tombale
(Maple Leaf Legacy Project and Gananoque Remembers) -
Monument
Compeau family grave marker at Gananoque Cemetery. Photo courtesy Chris Andrew. -
Mémorial
Christ (Anglican) Church, Gananoque, ON courtesy Chris Andrew -
Cimetière
St. Sever Cemetery photo taken March 2013 by Mark Banning, England "The sheer scale of St Sever at Rouen is impossible to convey."
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
Digital gallery of
Gunner Sandford Compeau
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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