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Military service
Service number:
772391
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
May 30, 1883
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 6.
Additional information
Son of James and Margaret A. E. Lamb, of Paris Station, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William John Lamb
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
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