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Son of William and E. J. Christian, of Liverpool, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Christian
Digital gallery of
Private William Christian
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 195 of 1068.
Digital gallery of
Private William Christian
This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971.
Digital gallery of
Private William Christian
This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971.
Digital gallery of
Private William Christian
From the Daily Colonist of April 24, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y116uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private William Christian
From the Daily Colonist of February 27, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y68uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 195 of 1068.
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This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971.
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This hall was built by local citizens including some First World War veterans and was dedicated in a ceremony on 11 November 1922. Mrs. Sybil Taylor, the mother of one of the dead, unveiled the plaque located inside the hall in November 1971.
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From the Daily Colonist of April 24, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y116uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of February 27, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y68uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 384 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
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