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Albert Edward Gaskell

In memory of:

Corporal Albert Edward Gaskell

September 2, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

1015492

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Edward and Sarah Jane Gaskell, of 1132, 4th Avenue East, Owen Sound, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. D. 10.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • War Memorial– War Memorial, Salmon Arm & District, British Columbia. Inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM SALMON ARM DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. OUR HEROIC DEAD / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

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