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Military service
Service number:
154246
Age:
34
Rank:
Pioneer
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
1st Pioneer Battalion.
Birth:
October 12, 1886
Death:
September 16, 1916
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Son of the late John and Hannah Gelderd, of Bootle, Cumberland, England.
Digital gallery of Pioneer John Gelderd
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. 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)
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Pioneer John Gelderd
Digital gallery of
Pioneer John Gelderd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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