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Military service
Service number:
503450
Age:
31
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
July 12, 1884
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
January 11, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
He served as Thomas Wilson and he is also commemorated on page 184 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Polson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Polson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Polson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Polson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Polson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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