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Military service
Service number:
461130
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
March 20, 1896
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph Grisdale of 1801, 33rd Avenue South-West Calgary, Alberta, and the late Annie Grisdale.
Digital gallery of Private Percy John Grisdale
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Photo of Percy Grisdale
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 19) - GRISDALE, Percy John: Arts '19; Enlisted Sept. 1915; Pte. 61st Battn.; Transferred to R.C. Regt.; Service in France; Missing 8-10-16. -
Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Percy John Grisdale
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Grisdale
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Grisdale
Digital gallery of
Private Percy John Grisdale
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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