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Son of George and Margaret Tait, of 29, Felix Apartments, Jervis St., Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
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Lieutenant William Elmer Tait
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
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Lt. W.E. Tait, 7th Battalion CEF (circa 1917-18). DOW 28 SEPT 1918. From the collection of Mr. R. Van Semmortier.
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From the Daily Colonist of October 3, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y259uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
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From the Victoria (B.C.) Times newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 510 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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