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Baptized William Wesley Harper. Son of Thomas William Harper and Elizabeth Jane Lockerby, of Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Québec.
He had previously served for nine years in the 64th Regiment. Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day with the battalion’s first contingent. Highly undisciplined, he appeared before a court-martial on March 10, 1916. He was initially reported missing and later confirmed killed in action on October 4, 1916, during the Battle of Courcelette, Somme, in the capture of the Regina Trench.
Digital gallery of Private Wesley Harper
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Cenotaph of Valleyfield
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Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Harper
Digital gallery of
Private Wesley Harper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 99 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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