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Military service
Service number:
A/20247
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Birth:
Bristol, England
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. S. J. and Mrs. A. O. Burgess, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
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Newspaper Clipping
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 127 of 926. -
Newspaper Clipping
Image Source: The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 1916-11-09 (Page 5) -
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) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ivor John Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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