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Baptized Jacques Grivel. He served under the name Joseph Grivel and Joseph James Grivel.
Son of Jean-Pierre « John Peter » Grivel and Élizabeth Robitaille, of Winooski, Vermont.
Husband of Clara-Alice Bailey, of Wakefield, England, and Fort William, Ontario. Father of two children, George Arthur and Marie Louise Grivel.
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. Prone to alcoholism, he was frequently disciplined. From Folkestone on September 15, he departed for France, where he landed the same day in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. From May 9 to August 30, 1916, he was temporarily assigned to the 5th Mortar Brigade. He was killed in action on October 4, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme. Reported missing, his body was later recovered.
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Private Joseph James Grivel
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Private Joseph James Grivel
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Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.
The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).
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