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Military service
Service number:
160168
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
January 12, 1892
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Jane Bennett Dickson, of 613, 5th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private William Francis Dickson
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Photo of William Dickson
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 18) - DICKSON, William Francis: Pharm. '13; Enlisted 20-9-15; Pte. 82nd Battn.; Transferred to 16th Canadian Scottish; Service in France Nov. 1916 to April 1917; Killed in Action 9-4-17. -
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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 429 of 1084. His grave was located ½ mile South East of Neuville-St.vaast, 3 ¾ miles North of Arras, France. After the Armistice his grave could not be found, hence his sacrifice is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial.
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Private William Francis Dickson
Digital gallery of
Private William Francis Dickson
Digital gallery of
Private William Francis Dickson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 228 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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