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Military service
Service number:
865239
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
181st Bn.
Birth:
March 21, 1896
Death:
January 10, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
17. 35. 3.
Additional information
Son of Lucy Baker (formerly Williams), of 2693, Union St., Vancouver, and the late Harry Williams.
Digital gallery of Private Samuel Williams
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Grave Marker
Grave of 865239 Pvt. Samuel Williams who served with the 181st Battn. C.E.F. He was born in the town of Portisaac in Cornwall England on March 21st 1896. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Brandon Manitoba on March 4th 1916 listing his occupation as "Farmer" He died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on Jan. 10th 1919 at the age of 22. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Memorial Cross
Memorial cross in the cemetery where 865239 Pvt. Samuel Williams who served with the 181st Battn. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 865239 Pvt. Samuel Williams who served with the 181st Battn. C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Private Samuel Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Williams
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Commemorated on:
Page 545 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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