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In memory of:

Private Richard Shore

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Military service

Service number: 703055
Age: 46
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division: 102nd Bn.
Birth: April 5, 1870 Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment: December 14, 1915 British Columbia
Death: October 27, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. D. 24.
Additional information
Son of the late James and Martha Shore, of Stittsville, Ontario. Brother of W.T. Shore.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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