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In memory of:

Corporal Ernest Henry Sproule

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Military service

Service number: 166097
Age: 22
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Pioneers
Division: 2nd Battalion
Birth: September 2, 1893
Death: May 2, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: V. B. 21.
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Born in Woodstock, Ontario 2 February 1893. Son of T.L. and Annie Sproule, London, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Lillian Sproule of London, Ontario. He enlisted at St. Thomas, Ontario on 1 October 1915. He stated he was single and he was an electrician. He had former service with the 7th Fusliers.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 166 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

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