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Military service
Service number:
177453
Age:
34
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
November 22, 1882
Death:
June 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Elias and Alvina Guignion of Rose Bridge, Gaspe, Quebec.
Brother of Private John Guignion, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment).
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of BERT GUIGNION
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Canadian Grenadiers Guards
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Bert Guignion
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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