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Percival Sydney Grimes

In memory of:

Corporal Percival Sydney Grimes

January 28, 1918
Between Appilly and Eclaron, France

Military Service


Service Number:

2188482

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Forestry Corps

Division:

76th Coy.

Citation(s):

British War Medal and Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

November 18, 1892
London, England

Enlistment:

March 29, 1917
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Son of Sidney Thomas and Barbara G. Grimes, of Hammerfield, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, England.

Commemorated on Page 420 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VITRY-LE-FRANCOIS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Marne, France

Grave Reference:

1538.

Location:

Vitry-le-Francois is a major town in the department of Marne, 33 kilometres south-east of Chalon-en-Champagne. The French Military Cemetery is an extension of the Communal Cemetery, and its entrance is on Rue des Cypres. It is well signposted from the centre of the town. The cemetery contains 7 Commonwelth war graves. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in the south west part of the cemetery, and Private Malcolm's grave is at the south end of the cemetery between large trees.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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