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Military service
Service number:
D/82493
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Birth:
May 6, 1913
Bristol, England
Enlistment:
July 3, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 31, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Henry Thomas Smallcombe and Lily Smallcombe; husband of Mary Margaret Smallcombe, of Verdun, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Private William Smallcombe
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Grave marker
Headstone of William A Smallcombe -
Temporary Grave Marker
Grave of William Smallcombe at Bayeux War Cemetary shortly after burial in 1944 -
Photo of William Smallcombe
My uncle, Private William Smallcombe (undated photo probably taken when he joined the Black Watch in Montreal) -
Photo of William Smallcombe
My uncle, Private William Smallcombe (undated photo probably taken when he joined the Black Watch in Montreal) -
Entrance
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Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
Digital gallery of
Private William Smallcombe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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