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Edward Whitcomb

In memory of:

Sapper Edward Whitcomb

September 9, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

721940

Age:

42

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

12th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 9, 1876
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 9, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Commemorated on Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. F. 10.

Location:

Vaulx-Vraucourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres north-east of Bapaume. Vaulx Hill Cemetery is signposted from the village. Take the RD36 direction Lagnicourt up the hill, and the Cemetery can be seen at the road side 1 kilometre from Vaulx-Vraucourt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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