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Son of Mrs. E. Moyes, of Calgary, Alberta.
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Private Robert Clarke Moyes
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private Robert Clarke Moyes
Private Robert Clarke Moyes (2336315) was born on March 13,1898 in Glascow, Scotland. In 1910, his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Moyes and his two brothers immigrated to Canada and settled in Calgary. All three brothers joined the CEF 50th Infantry Battalion and saw action overseas. The two older brothers, Jim Moyes (435111) and John Moyes (434066), survived the
war. Unfortunately, young Robert was killed in action on August 18, 1918
near Maucourt, France at the end of the Battle of Amiens.
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Private Robert Clarke Moyes
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private Robert Clarke Moyes (2336315) was born on March 13,1898 in Glascow, Scotland. In 1910, his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Moyes and his two brothers immigrated to Canada and settled in Calgary. All three brothers joined the CEF 50th Infantry Battalion and saw action overseas. The two older brothers, Jim Moyes (435111) and John Moyes (434066), survived the war. Unfortunately, young Robert was killed in action on August 18, 1918 near Maucourt, France at the end of the Battle of Amiens.
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In honoured memory.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 475 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FOUQUESCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Fouquescourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 35.5 kilometres east of Amiens and 8 kilometres due north of Roye. The Fouquescourt British Cemetery is a little north of the village on the east side of the road to Maucourt.
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