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Samuel Bancroft Lonsdale

In memory of:

Private Samuel Bancroft Lonsdale

September 10, 1945
Vancouver, British Columbia

Military Service


Service Number:

M/10616

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

February 28, 1919
Hughenden, Alberta

Enlistment:

September 4, 1939
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Son of Samuel Lenard Lonsdale, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Lydia R. Lonsdale and father of Stanley, of Calgary, Alberta.

Private Lonsdale died after being discharged due to disability on 21 June 1944.

Commemorated on Page 535 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Block 3. Plot 15. Lot 13.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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