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Military service
Service number:
111105
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Death:
September 14, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas Whitfield Colpitts and Jenny Alma Colpitts, of Forest Glen, New Brunswick. Brother of Private Bela Alonzo Colpitts who died on October 30, 1917, while serving with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment).
Digitized service file.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1079 of 1384. -
Memorial
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) -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Moncton (New Brunswick) Transcript newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
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Private Cyril Carey Colpitts
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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