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In memory of:

Private Harold Compton

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Military service

Service number: 201344
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division: 60th Bn.
Birth: July 23, 1897 Beverley, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment: October 27, 1915 Ontario
Death: November 26, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: I. E. 16.
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Son of Charles and Hannah Compton of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Pte Charles Duncan Compton, 18th Battalion, killed in action at Vimy 9 April 1917.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY (France) Pas de Calais, France

Thelus is a village about 6.5 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Lens. The NINE ELMS MILITARY CEMETERY is on the western side of the main road and about 1.5 kilometres south of the village.

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