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Military service
Service number:
2657377
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Coldstream Guards
Division:
2nd Bn.
Death:
December 9, 1939
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 3. Row D. Grave 37.
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Son of William and Mary Laura Light, of Copper Cliff, Ontario.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 8 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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