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Military service
Service number:
645250
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
January 1, 1898
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
November 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of William Lawrence and Jane Britton, of 275, 18th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private William Henry Britton
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 157 Page 905 of 906 -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Britton
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Britton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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