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Military service
Service number:
814180
Age:
27
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
3rd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
May 9, 1890
Death:
August 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 15.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Payton
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
War Memorial
139th Battalion (Northumberland County) War Memorial plaque, 1919. 130 names of men who originally enlisted with this Ontario unit. On display at the Victoria Hall, 55 King Street West, Cobourg, Ontario. Also shown - Cobourg (Ontario) War Memorial at Victoria Park. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Perth Courier for 24 August 1917. -
Circumstances of death registers
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Memorial
War memorial located in Buckingham (Gatineau), Quebec. -
Almonte War Memorial
William Payton, British home child, Almonte War Memorial -
Roll of Honour
William Payton, British home child, Almonte War Memorial -
Badge
William Payton, British home child, Almonte War Memorial -
Biography
William Payton, British home child, Almonte War Memorial -
Memorial
William Payton, British home child, Almonte War Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Payton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 307 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WESTHOF FARM CEMETERY Belgium
Westhof Farm Cemetery is located 13.5 Km south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Kemmelseweg N 331, which connects Ieper to Kemmel and on to Nieuwkerke. From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N365). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg. (Made prominent by a railway level crossing). After passing the village of Kemmel the N331 continues for 4 Km towards Nieuwkerke. On reaching Nieuwkerke the N331 continues on as Seulestraat. 1.5 Km along this road lies the right hand turning onto the Eikelstraat. The cemetery is located 1.4 Km along the Eikelstraat on the left hand side of the road.
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