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Military service
Service number:
141151
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
76th Bn.
Birth:
June 17, 1893
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
February 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
N 167. Block H.
Digital gallery of Private William Henry Beckett
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Photo of WILLIAM HENRY BECKETT
In memory of the men joined the 76th Battalion CEF and died while serving in other Battalions. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Private William H. Beckett's grave marker in the Barrie Union Cemetery, 338 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Private Beckett was a member of the 76th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who died of illness. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.) -
Newspaper Clipping
This article appeared, at page 4, in the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario) on February 10, 1916. -
Photo of WILLIAM HENRY BECKETT
Private William Henry Beckett - Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force 76th Bn. Died of natural causes. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2846&sqn=188&tt=1375&PHPSESSID=801m59pr69luggkrlvm5vl9op1
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Beckett
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Beckett
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Beckett
Digital gallery of
Private William Henry Beckett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARRIE UNION CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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