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George Arthur Clay

In memory of:

Private George Arthur Clay

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

180603

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 26, 1899

Son of Sarah Ellen Clay, of 3, John St., Range Bank, Halifax, England.

Commemorated on Page 385 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

B. 19.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt and UPTON WOOD CEMETERY is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 1023 of 1068

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    Attestation Papers
    Attestation Papers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 1023 of 1068
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 22, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y249uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 22, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y249uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 13, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y268uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 13, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y268uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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