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Military service
Service number:
178088
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
April 22, 1896
Death:
October 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Walter and Annie Perring.
Digital gallery of Private Richard John Perring
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Photo of RICHARD JOHN PERRING
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
photographic record of 87th Battalion
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of RICHARD JOHN PERRING
Private Richard Perring. His name is on Vimy Memorial and on a plaque in Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Orillia, Ontario -
Cenotaph
Private Richard John Perring is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private Richard John Perring is also commemorated on the WWI cenotaph in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Richard Perring
His name is on a Memorial Plaque in Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Orillia, Ontario
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
Digital gallery of
Private Richard John Perring
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 147 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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