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Military service
Service number:
144215
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William James Cassidy
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Photo of William James Cassidy
From "Our Heroes in The Great World War", compiled by J. H. De Wolfe, Patriotic Publishing Co., Ottawa, Ontario, 1919. Pte. Cassidy signed his attestation on July 30th, 1915 in Ottawa. He was born in 1879 and was married with 5 children. -
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Canavan to Caswell. Microform Sequence 18; Volume Number 31829_B016727. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 162. Page 965 of 1004. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William James Cassidy
Digital gallery of
Private William James Cassidy
Digital gallery of
Private William James Cassidy
Digital gallery of
Private William James Cassidy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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