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Military service
Service number:
1000319
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
226th Bn.
Birth:
April 12, 1895
Westester, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
January 8, 1916
Shoal Lake, Manitoba
Death:
August 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4.
Additional information
Brother of Albert Ross. He stated he was employed as a jeweller and was single. Canada service only.
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Percy Smith joined the 226th (Men of the North) Bn in Dauphin, Manitoba. He died at Camp Hughes on 5 August, 1916.<P> The 226th Bn was shipped to England in 1916. It was attached to the 5th Reserve Brigade at Bramshott in January 1917. It was disbanded in 1917 and its personnel were absorbed by the 11th Reserve Bn (Manitoba Regiment), 2nd Reserve Brigade, at Shorncliffe. The Bn was awarded the battle honour 'The Great War 1916-1917. It is perpetuated by The Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
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Private Percy Douglas Smith
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Commemorated on:
Page 165 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CAMP HUGHES CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
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