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Vincent Loranger

In memory of:

Private Vincent Loranger

July 11, 1916
London, United Kingdom

Military Service


Service Number:

61850

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 10, 1895
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 31, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Napoléon-Vincent Loranger. Son of Enoch Loranger (deceased in 1913) and Marie Grandmont, of Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Mauricie, Québec; and later, of Loretteville, Québec.

On June 17th, 1916, in the front line trenches at Mont Sorrel, Ypres, he was riddled with shrapnel in the face, shoulder, chest and thigh. Evacuated to England to Fulham Military Hospital, London, he died there of a fatal infection of his wounds due to tetanus.

Commemorated on Page 120 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KENSAL GREEN (ST. MARY'S) R. C. CEMETERY
London, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Canadian. 4.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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