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Frederick Percival Bousfield

In memory of:

Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield

June 7, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

420977

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

March 8, 1896
Cotehill, Cumberland, England

Enlistment:

January 29, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Frederick Ladlay Bousfield and Hannah Bousfield (née Lloyd) of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 56 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY (ENCLOSURE 4)
Belgium

Grave Reference:

Enclosure No.4 XI. C. 68

Location:

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY ENCLOSURE NO.4 is located 2.5 Km south of Ieper town centre. The cemetery lies on the Rijselseweg (N365), the road connecting Ieper to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. The cemetery itself is located 2 Km after this crossroads on the left hand side of the Rijselseweg.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Frederick Percival Bousfield– The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of a previously unknown First World War grave in Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, as that of Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield. The identity was confirmed in 2023 through historical and archival research. A headstone rededication ceremony will take place at the earliest opportunity at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium.

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    Photo of Frederick Percival Bousfield
    Photo of Frederick Percival Bousfield – The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of a previously unknown First World War grave in Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, as that of Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield. The identity was confirmed in 2023 through historical and archival research. A headstone rededication ceremony will take place at the earliest opportunity at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium.
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • The Menin Gate– Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld.

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    The Menin Gate
    The Menin Gate – Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld.
  • Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial– Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld.

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    Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
    Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial – Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld.
  • Memorial– Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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