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Military service
Service number:
H/75096
Age:
20
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
8 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Death:
September 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. F. 4.
Additional information
Son of James D. and Annie Ramsay, of Darlingford, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Gunner William Murray Ramsay
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Photo of Willliam Murray Ramsay
Re-done photo frame of Willliam Murray Ramsay - given to parents James and Anne Ramsay. -
Grave marker
Gravestone in France -
Photo of William Ramsay
William Murray Ramsay was the 7th child born to James D. and Annie Ramsay, of Darlingford, Manitoba, in Canada. He came from a family of twelve, five brothers, and six sisters. He attended Darlingford Consolidated School until he was 16 years of age, then quit to go to work. He joined the army on June 2, 1944 and was a gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery, Division 8 Lt. A. A. Regt. He died on September 7, 1944, somewhere in France and came to rest at Calais Canadian War Cemetery, in France. -
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Gunner William Murray Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Murray Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Murray Ramsay
Digital gallery of
Gunner William Murray Ramsay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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