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Robert Henry Passmore

In memory of:

Private Robert Henry Passmore

August 8, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

654550

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 19, 1893
Usborne, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 6, 1916
Exeter, Ontario

Uncle of Flying Officer Gerald Leroy Passmore, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 482 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 9.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village in the Department of the Somme, on the road from Amiens to St Quentin. CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY is south of the village at the crossing of the road to Demuin and the road from Cachy to Marcelcave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Source: Find A Grave Maintained by: Patricia Jackson Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC Record added: Aug 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 56181012

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    Grave Marker – Source: Find A Grave Maintained by: Patricia Jackson Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC Record added: Aug 06, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 56181012
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– "Killed in Action." He was killed while taking part in an advance from East of Cachy to Marcelcave. No information as to the actual circumstances under which he met is death is available.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers – "Killed in Action." He was killed while taking part in an advance from East of Cachy to Marcelcave. No information as to the actual circumstances under which he met is death is available.
  • Cenotaph– Private Robert Henry Passmore is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Private Robert Henry Passmore is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cenotaph– Private Robert Henry Passmore is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cenotaph – Private Robert Henry Passmore is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Exeter, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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