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Military service
Service number:
962
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lancashire Fusiliers
Division:
2nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Manitoba
Death:
November 6, 1914
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 4.
Additional information
Husband of Alice Rae (formerly James), of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 565 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION Belgium
YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION is located 1 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. From Ieper town centre the Zonnebeekseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads and the first left hand turn is the Zonnebeekseweg (N345). The cemetery itself is located 300 metres along the Zonnebeekseweg on the right hand side of the road.
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