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Military service
Service number:
103087
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
February 26, 1894
Death:
June 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. B. 4.
Additional information
Son of James and Sarah Jane Duffield, Victoria, British Columbia. He was the brother of James Duffield who served with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment). He had died on May 22, 1917.
Digital gallery of Private Archibald Duffield
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
A clearer view (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Duane to Dzhobiewski. Microform Sequence 30; Volume Number 31829_B016739. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 174. Page 173 of 1062. He was originally buried ¾ miles West of Avion, 1 ½ miles South West of Lens, France. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and buried in LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 23, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y168uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Photo of ARCHIBALD DUFFIELD
From the Daily Colonist of June 24, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y169uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Duffield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 231 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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