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Military service
Service number:
124055
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
December 24, 1882
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private George David Bugg
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brubacher to Bunyan. Mircoform Sequence 15; Volume Number 31829_B016724; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 159 Page 483 of 668 -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of George David Bugg
Private 124055 George David Bugg enlisted in the 70th Battn C.E.F. Machine Gun Section (He was later sent to the 58th Battn.) at London Ont. Oct. 13th 1915 at the age of 33. He listed his occupation as "Teamster" but he was also a wood carver by trade. <P> George was born in Essex Co. Ontario in 1882. (He listed Augsburg Ont. his mother said Waterloo Ont.) He was killed in action on August 16, 1916 at the age of 34. Photo is ID'ed on the back "My G-Father George Bugg killed in France 1916" -
Memorial
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) -
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In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
George top row left. In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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