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Military service
Service number:
1015935
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
October 10, 1883
Liverpool, England
Enlistment:
November 24, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Catherine Bannell, of 8, Woodfield Rd., Orrell Park, Aintree, Liverpool, England.
Digital gallery of Private Sam Bannell
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 913 of 1072 -
Photo of Charles Samuel "Sam" Bannell
Charles Samuel "Sam" Bannell, Taken in late 1916 or early 1917, published in the book of his poems "His Offering" published in his memory by his brother John Gowers Bannell -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 14, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y135uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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