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Ernest James Spearing

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Ernest James Spearing

September 24, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

136585

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

April 9, 1879

Commemorated on Page 166 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. H. 10.

Location:

Bouzincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, 3 kilometres north-west of Albert on the road to Doullens (D938). The BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the northern side of the village and is signposted on the main road (D938) through the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of ERNEST JAMES SPEARING– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping

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