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Military service
Service number:
406033
Age:
23
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
7th Field Coy.
Birth:
April 1, 1893
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Fanny Beach, of 12, Burns St., Chadsmoor, Cannock, Stafford, England.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Beach
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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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 51 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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