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Military service
Service number:
447915
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
May 2, 1889
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 24, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Henri and Aldine Beguin, of Rochefort, Canton de Neuchatel, Switzerland. Previously wounded in 1916.
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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 601 of 724. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Richard Alfred Beguin
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Alfred Beguin
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Alfred Beguin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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