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Sapper Hugh Millar

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Military service

Service number: 501111
Age: 19
Rank: Sapper
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Engineers
Division: 9th Bn.
Birth: February 23, 1899 Rothsay, Scotland
Enlistment: November 8, 1915 Ontario
Death: August 7, 1918

Burial/memorial information

BOVES EAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY (SAINT-NICOLAS)
Grave reference: A. 5.
Additional information
Son of William Millar, Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He stated he was single and employed as a miner. He arrived in England on 10 January 1916 onboard the S.S. Metagami.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 471 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOVES EAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY (SAINT-NICOLAS) Somme, France

Boves is a village in the Department of the Somme, 9.7 kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux. At Villers-Bretonneux head west on the N29 in the direction of Longeau and Amiens. After 6.5 kilometres turn left in the direction of Boves on the D167, heading south-west. At the junction go straight on, remaining on the D167, towards Boves. At the traffic lights in Boves, go straight on, under the arches, and the cemetery is approximately 100 metres on the right.

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