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Victor Cecil Potts

In memory of:

Private Victor Cecil Potts

August 10, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

542495

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information

Son of William and Alice E. Potts, of 26, Hambly Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 487 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 69.

Location:

Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Victor Cecil Potts– This photo taken on November 18,1917 and sent to his father William in Toronto.

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    Photo of Victor Cecil Potts
    Photo of Victor Cecil Potts – This photo taken on November 18,1917 and sent to his father William in Toronto.
  • Photo 2 of Victor Cecil Potts– Taken in France late 1917 or early 1918

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    Photo 2 of Victor Cecil Potts
    Photo 2 of Victor Cecil Potts – Taken in France late 1917 or early 1918
  • Brothers– Brothers - Taken in France. Harold survived although badly gassed and wounded. He died 1974. They were very close.

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    Brothers – Brothers - Taken in France. Harold survived although badly gassed and wounded. He died 1974. They were very close.
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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