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Military service
Service number:
42562
Age:
30
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Div. Trench Mortar Bty.
Birth:
September 8, 1887
Death:
September 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. E. 23.
Additional information
Son of George Henry and Emily Oxland, of Plymouth, England.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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