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Baptized Joseph-Charles-Albany Lampron. Son of Joseph Lampron and Marie Morin, of Nicolet, Québec. He had declared to be born on December 21st, 1892 when he enlisted.
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and landed there on the 29th in Plymouth, England. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, that same day. He was killed in action on July 8, 1917, in Angres during the Battle of Lens, Pas-de-Calais. He was buried at the Red Mill Military Cemetery in Caldron, southwest of Loos-en-Gohelle.
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La Presse - July 25, 1917 -
Photo of ALBANY LAMPRON
Albany Lampron killed in the war in France on July 8, 1917 -
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Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.
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