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George William Isherwood

In memory of:

Corporal George William Isherwood

March 3, 1919

Military Service


Service Number:

34622

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Can. Div. H.Q.

Additional Information


Born:

September 14, 1895

Son of Mrs. William Isherwood, of 21, Delaney Crescent, Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 536 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. A. 46.

Location:

HUY (in Flemish, Hoei,) is a town in the Province of Liege, on the river Meuse, between Namur and Liege. The HUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY of La Sarte serves the hamlet of that name. It stands high up the hill on the South side of the town, commanding wide views of the Meuse valley. It contains German, French and Russian War Graves; and in the North corner is a plot, of 329 square yards, in which are buried 55 Canadian soldiers and 54 soldiers and airmen (including two unidentified) from the United Kingdom.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Diary– War Diary of the 1st Canadian Field Ambulance from March 1919 recording the death and burial of Corporal G. Isherwood.

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