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In memory of:

Private Arthur Guay

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Citation(s);

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal (Inter-Allied War Medal)

Military service

Service number: 61691
Age: 34
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 22nd Bn.
Birth: June 15, 1881 Pointe-aux-Trembles (Montréal), Québec
Enlistment: October 27, 1914 Montréal, Québec
Death: November 28, 1915 Vierstraat, Ypres, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY
Grave reference: VII. A. 5.
Additional information

Baptized Joseph-Arthur-Pierre Guay, son of Pierre Guay (deceased in 1914) and Basilisse Hallé, of Pointe-aux-Trembles. He was the husband of Églantine Labrecque, also of Pointe-aux-Trembles. At the time of the 1911 census, he was the father of three sons: Maurice, Rodolphe, and Alfred Guay.
 
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed on the 29th in Plymouth, England. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day with Company D, 13th Platoon, of the battalion’s first contingent. He was killed in action on November 28, 1915, in a trench at Vierstraat, Belgium, by the explosion of a shell, whose shrapnel fatally wounded him in the back. He was buried along the road leading from Kemmel to Vierstraat.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 17 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium

LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 7 Km south of Ieper town centre on the Kemmelseweg (N331), connecting Ieper to Kemmel.

From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N336). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg made prominent by a level crossing. The cemetery is located on the right hand side of the road, 5 km after joining the Kemmelseweg.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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