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Military service
Service number:
796180
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
May 16, 1882
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 18.
Digital gallery of Private George Colton
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Press Clipping
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of GEORGE COLTON
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
Digital gallery of
Private George Colton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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