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Edward Alexander Chisholm

In memory of:

Major Edward Alexander Chisholm

November 7, 1918

Military Service


Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Field Artillery

Division:

"C" Bty. 161st Bde. Formerly of 16th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery

Citation(s):

Militiary Cross and Two Bars

Additional Information


Born:

July 26, 1892
Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

November 27, 1914
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Son of Duncan and Mary Chisholm, of Linwood, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 585 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GRAND-FAYT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I.

Location:

Grand-Fayt is a village roughly equi-distant between the towns of Landrecies and Avesnes-sur-Helpe. It is just south of the main road (D962) between Maroilles and Avesnes, on the Marbaix to Prisches road (D117). The cemetery is on the east side of the village, on the road (D232) to Petit-Fayt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the book, Catholics of the Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914- 1919.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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