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Military service
Service number:
3032489
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
July 12, 1891
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 28.
Additional information
Son of Charles Byford, of Hednesford, Staffs, England. Served as James Lewis and he is also commemorated on page 449 in the First World Book of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private William Charles Byford
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 885 of 926.
Digital gallery of
Private William Charles Byford
Digital gallery of
Private William Charles Byford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 378 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS Pas de Calais, France
Fabourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, to the south of the road to Doullens.
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