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Military service
Service number:
6285
Age:
36
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
November 25, 1878
Death:
April 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of John and Ellen Baldwyn Colson, of Erith, Kent; husband of Emily Colson, of White House Farm, Belevedere, Kent, England.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William John Colson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Menin Gate
Menin Gate - October 2009 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Panel 10
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Colson
My Grandfather died around April 26th. 1915 and was buried with 16 of his comrades. Later, when their bodies were to be retrieved for formal interment, they could not be found, presumably because of later artillery barrages. Hence, they are remembered only by inscription on the Menin Gate as having no known grave.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Colson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Colson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Colson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Colson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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