Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was reported missing and later presumed killed in action on 15 August 1917 during the Battle of Lens, France, on Hill 70, north of Lens in the trenches near Cité Saint-Laurent for the capture of Catapult Trench. He was confirmed dead on 27 September 1917 and 11 June 1918.
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Frédéric Bélair
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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
La Presse
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Private Frédéric Bélair
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Private Frédéric Bélair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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