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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Division:
1st Battalion
Enlistment:
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
July 19, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Rev. A. V. and Mrs. E. A. Despard, of Vernon, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Marcus Carden Despard
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Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Marcus Carden Despard
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Marcus Carden Despard
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Marcus Carden Despard
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Marcus Carden Despard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TALANA FARM CEMETERY Belgium
Located in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. From Ieper, the Cemetery is located on the Diksmuidseweg road (N369) in the direction of Boezinge. From the station in Ieper turn left into M.Fochlaan and go to the roundabout, turn right and go to the next roundabout. Here turn left and drive to the next roundabout. Turn right into Oude Veurnestraat. Take the second turning on the left, which is the Diksmuidseweg, and carry on under the motorway bridge. The cemetery will be found a further 600 meters on the left hand side of the road. Note: The Talana Farm Cemetery is the second cemetery on the left, the first being Bard Cottage Cemetery.
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