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Robert George Yardley

In memory of:

Private Robert George Yardley

March 27, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

636577

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

2nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 21, 1897

Son of William and Sarah B. Yardley, of Picton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 354 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:

I. G. 32.

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.

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  • Photo of Robert George Yardley– Robert George Yardley was the first of two sons of Sarah Beatrice and William Yardley of West Lake, Prince Edward County enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, to die in World War I.

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