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Arthur Lemay

In memory of:

Private Arthur Lemay

August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

449245

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 21, 1896
Lowell, Massachusetts

Enlistment:

March 23, 1916
Lotbinière, Quebec

Son of Ludger Lemay (deceased in 1902) and Léda Béland (remarried to Ludger Phaneuf in 1905 and deceased in 1909). He declared his godfather, Joseph Lemay, from Lotbinière, as next of kin, and his aunt, Antonie Lemay, from Concord, New Hampshire, has heiress in his military will, but she died less than six months later.

Commemorated on Page 448 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. B. 12.

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.

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