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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William Thomas Pointing

In memory of:

Private William Thomas Pointing

September 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

709590

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

1st. Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 22, 1892

Husband of Mrs. E. M. Pointing, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, England.

Commemorated on Page 486 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

E. 2.

Location:

Marquion is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai. QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION) is about 1 kilometre south east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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