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William Bruce Wilson

In memory of:

Corporal William Bruce Wilson

September 29, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

430314

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Pioneers

Division:

3rd Canadian Pioneer Battalion.

Additional Information


Born:

September 11, 1889

Son of Richard Frederick and Mary Eleanor Wilson, of Brockville, Ontario.

Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.

Commemorated on Page 184 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:

I. P. 48.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England

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