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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn. Inf.
Enlistment:
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of J. R. Murray Beers and Mary Cole-Bowen Beers, of 500, Victoria Avenue, Windsor, Ontario. Served in the South African Campaign.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Francis Charles Cole-Bowen Beers
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 559 of 724. -
Newspaper Clipping
Image credit source from news article as shown regarding Lt Beers reported missing -
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
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Globe (Toronto newspaper). Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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