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Military service
Service number:
696624
Age:
38
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
April 20, 1879
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. J. 37.
Additional information
Son of George and Mary Seward.
Digital gallery of Private John Burton Seward
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Epitaph
Epitaph: "God is our refuge and strength - A very present help in trouble" -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Burton Seward
Digital gallery of
Private John Burton Seward
Digital gallery of
Private John Burton Seward
Digital gallery of
Private John Burton Seward
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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