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Husband of Mrs. William Thacker of Indian Head, Saskatchewan.
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Sergeant George William Thacker
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Sergeant George William Thacker
George William Thacker's headstone in Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St-Vaast.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George William Thacker
Sgt G. W. Thacker and 'Barnetby Boy' 443323 L/Cpl G. W. Smith, D Company, 54th (Kootenay) Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, CEF, were originally buried in the same 50 yard square area about 100 yards north of Givench Road Canadian Cemetery and 50 yards from the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 entrance. The CWGC record the burial site of Sgt Thacker as a two figure map grid reference, 44a.S.21b.1.3. [50 yard square], while L/Cpl Smith's burial site has a four figure grid reference, 44a.S.21b.10.35. [5 yard square]). L/Cpl G. W. Smith is now buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, about 1 mile to the west.
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Sergeant George William Thacker
General view of Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery. George Thacker's headstone is in the rear row, eighth from the right. The red sign in the trees to the right of the Cross of Sacrifice notifies that the area, pockmarked with shell holes, has not been cleared of all battlefield debris and entry is prohibited.
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George William Thacker's headstone in Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St-Vaast.
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Sgt G. W. Thacker and 'Barnetby Boy' 443323 L/Cpl G. W. Smith, D Company, 54th (Kootenay) Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment, CEF, were originally buried in the same 50 yard square area about 100 yards north of Givench Road Canadian Cemetery and 50 yards from the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 entrance. The CWGC record the burial site of Sgt Thacker as a two figure map grid reference, 44a.S.21b.1.3. [50 yard square], while L/Cpl Smith's burial site has a four figure grid reference, 44a.S.21b.10.35. [5 yard square]). L/Cpl G. W. Smith is now buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, about 1 mile to the west.
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General view of Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery. George Thacker's headstone is in the rear row, eighth from the right. The red sign in the trees to the right of the Cross of Sacrifice notifies that the area, pockmarked with shell holes, has not been cleared of all battlefield debris and entry is prohibited.
GIVENCHY ROAD CANADIAN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery at Neuville-St Vaast is a small cemetery situated in the compound of the Vimy Memorial Park which contains the Vimy Memorial. The village of Neuville-St Vaast is in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 8 kilometres north of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The cemetery is approximately 260 metres past Canadian Cemetery No.2 following the one-way system to rejoin the avenue leading back to the main road. The cemetery contains the graves of soldiers all of whom fell on the 9th April, 1917, or on one of the four following days. The cemetery covers an area of 849 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. The numerous groups of graves made about this time by the Canadian Corps Burial Officer were, as a rule, not named but serially lettered and numbered. This cemetery was originally called CD 1.
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