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Digital gallery of Private Archibald Somers
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
The CWGC COG-BR for Hooge Crater Cemetery reports that Private Archibald Somers #73187 was exhumed from the area to the northwest of Hooge Belgium at Map 28 Sector 28.I.18.9.75.99 in September 1919. He was found with Lance Sergeant Guy Keating #73372. The ICRC documents state that Keating drowned in a SAP near Hooge that was constructed to gain access to the enemy front lines. The ICRC document for Somers has no details. The Circumstance of Death for Keating (Somer's was lost) states that the enemy had exploded a mine at that time and then took the ground. Keating and Somers may have been trapped in their SAP when the mine exploded and were thus found together.
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) reports that Private Archibald Somers was missing but it has no additional details. We know from the files of his colleague, Lance Sergeant Guy Keating, that they were in a SAP constructed to gain access to the German front lines. The two bodies were found together in September 1919 and are buried together in Plot 18 Row J Grave 9 at the Hooge Crater Cemetery. Note the grave site photo shows two headstones, so it would have been a "Trench Burial".
Digital gallery of
Private Archibald Somers
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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The CWGC COG-BR for Hooge Crater Cemetery reports that Private Archibald Somers #73187 was exhumed from the area to the northwest of Hooge Belgium at Map 28 Sector 28.I.18.9.75.99 in September 1919. He was found with Lance Sergeant Guy Keating #73372. The ICRC documents state that Keating drowned in a SAP near Hooge that was constructed to gain access to the enemy front lines. The ICRC document for Somers has no details. The Circumstance of Death for Keating (Somer's was lost) states that the enemy had exploded a mine at that time and then took the ground. Keating and Somers may have been trapped in their SAP when the mine exploded and were thus found together.
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ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) reports that Private Archibald Somers was missing but it has no additional details. We know from the files of his colleague, Lance Sergeant Guy Keating, that they were in a SAP constructed to gain access to the German front lines. The two bodies were found together in September 1919 and are buried together in Plot 18 Row J Grave 9 at the Hooge Crater Cemetery. Note the grave site photo shows two headstones, so it would have been a "Trench Burial".
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 166 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY Belgium
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY is located 4 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.
From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
The cemetery itself is located 3.6 Km along the Meenseweg on the right hand side of the road.
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