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Military service
Service number:
177769
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1884
Death:
July 4, 1920
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Caroline Magrane, of 3, Blossom Avenue, Oxford Rd., Manchester, England; husband of Jessie Magrane, of 22, Ross St., Barrie, Ont.
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Newspaper clipping
This article appeared in the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 1, on July 15, 1920. -
Photo of George Vincent Magrane
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Private George V. Magrane's grave marker in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, 208 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Private Magrane enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force's 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) and later served in France in the 1st Canadian Battalion (Ontario Regiment). He was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for bravery in the field (reference: Supplement to the London Gazette; March 13, 1918, page 3252). (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.) -
Memorial
Inscription on Private George V. Magrane's grave marker, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, 208 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario: PTE. GEORGE V. MAGRANE M.M. 1884 - 1920 BELOVED HUSBAND OF JESSIE BLADES. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Veteran's Death Card for George V. Magrane. -
Attestation Papers
Front of George V. Magrane's Attestation Paper. -
Attestation Papers
Reverse side of George V. Magrane's Attestation Paper.
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Private George Vincent Magrane
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Private George Vincent Magrane
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Private George Vincent Magrane
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Private George Vincent Magrane
Digital gallery of
Private George Vincent Magrane
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Private George Vincent Magrane
Digital gallery of
Private George Vincent Magrane
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Private George Vincent Magrane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 551 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARRIE (ST. MARY'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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