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Oscar James Tucker

In memory of:

Private Oscar James Tucker

October 30, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

709828

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)

Additional Information


Born:

November 25, 1897
Middle Hainesville, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

November 22, 1915
Sussex, New Brunswick

Son of David Tucker and Mary Ellen Palmer (formerly Tucker), of Millville, York Co., New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 341 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:

XXVIII. C. 11.

Location:

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 10 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Brugseweg (N313), a road connecting Ieper to Brugge. Two streets connect Ieper town centre onto the Brugseweg; Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto the Kalfvaartstraat. At the end of Kalfvaartstraat is a large junction on which Brugseweg is the first right hand turning. The cemetery itself lies 10 Km along the Brugseweg on the right hand side of the road after passing through the village of Poelcapelle (now Poelkapelle).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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