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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
73741
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
October 2, 1889
Bangor, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
October 23, 1914
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
June 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 11.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Compton
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Newspaper clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Globe for 30 November 1915. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1199 of 1384. -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Compton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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