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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Robert Alderson

In memory of:

Private Robert Alderson

May 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

116461

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal and Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

January 25, 1885
Burnley, Lancashire, England

Enlistment:

July 5, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia

Son of James and Isabella Alderson, of Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Digitized service file.

Commemorated on Page 358 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 19.

Location:

Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 kilometres south-west of Arras, and the BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25)

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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