Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Rackham
In memory of:
Private William Rackham
September 7, 1916
Military Service
401591
Army
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
1st Bn.
Additional Information
September 30, 1896
Commemorated on Page 151 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France
I. D. 22.
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of William Rackham – Pte William Rackham from the December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning -
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Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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