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George Ernest Cumbers

In memory of:

Sapper George Ernest Cumbers

March 28, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2125291

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

13th Light Railway Operating Coy.

Additional Information


Born:

October 24, 1892
Moosomin, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

March 14, 1917
Montreal, Quebec

Commemorated on Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. E. 37.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of George Ernest Cumbers– George Ernest Cumbers, Cover Point with the Winnipeg Falcons, 1914-15. Source:  Brian Johannesson collection, used with permission

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