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Military service
Service number:
42085
Age:
27
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde
Birth:
October 12, 1887
Enlistment:
Peterborough, Ontario
Death:
June 15, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Agnes Bamford (nee Cullington) Liverpool, United Kingdom. Husband of Mary Bamford, of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Brother of Assistant Steward Ernest Bamford who died on September 9, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
VIMY Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 823 of 1072.
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Bamford
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Bamford
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Bamford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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