Military service
Service number:
76185
Age:
42
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
November 17, 1876
Death:
February 9, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
45. 6. 13.
Additional information
Son of Edmund Pitchford, of Chicago, U.S.A.; husband of Isabel Pitchford, of 210, Garden Drive North, Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Private Steven Pitchford
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Grave Marker
Grave of 76185 Pvt. Steven Pitchford who served with the 29th Battn. C.E.F. (Tobin's Tigers) He was born in Durby England on Nov. 17th 1876. Husband of Isabella Pitchford. Steven enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Nov. 16th 1914, he listed his occupation as "Iron steel roller" Steven died at Vancouver BC of the Spanish flu on Feb. 9th 1919 at the age of 42. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 76185 Pvt. Steven Pitchford was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 76185 Pvt. Steven Pitchford was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Private Steven Pitchford
Digital gallery of
Private Steven Pitchford
Digital gallery of
Private Steven Pitchford
VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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