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Military service
Service number:
437812
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
June 5, 1897
Death:
September 7, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Fanny Weir Silk, of 9741, 83rd Avenue, Edmonton South, Alberta, and Private George William Silk, who died on September 7, 1916, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario) Regiment.
Digital gallery of Private George William Silk
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Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Pierre tombale
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Insigne d'épaule
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge of the 51st Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Mémorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. This memorial commemorates all members of the unit who fell during the Somme offensive of 1916 and in particular describes the actions on 26 September during the Battle of Theipval Ridge. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Registres de circonstances du décès
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Photo de George William Silk
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Photo de George William Silk
Digital gallery of
Private George William Silk
Digital gallery of
Private George William Silk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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