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Frank Vassler

In memory of:

Private Frank Vassler

August 31, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2304404

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Citation(s):

Victory Medal, British War Medal

Additional Information


Born:

October 3, 1883

Enlistment:

July 1, 1917

Born St. Heliers, Ile of Jersey, Channel Islands on 3 October 1883. Brother of Alfred Vassler, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, British Expeditionary Force. Fiancée of Elsie Maude Nelson, New York City, New York, U.S.A. On enlisted in Toronto, Ontario on 1 July 1917, he stated he was single and employed as a butler.

Commemorated on Page 516 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 10.

Location:

Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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