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Époux de Mary Windram, de Fraser Mills,Coquitlam, Colombie-Britannique.
Galerie numérique de Caporal Alexander Windram
Galerie numérique de
Caporal Alexander Windram
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Caporal Alexander Windram
Corporal Alexander Windram; 7th (1st British Columbia Regiment) Battalion; 2nd Infantry Brigade
The story of the Battle of Vimy Ridge is well known on the 9th April 1917 the time for the attack arrived. A single Canadian gun fired at 05.30 am, on cue the allied guns responded and the attackers left their trenches. The cost of success was high, the 7th Battalion casualties were 4 officers & 60 men killed, 4 officers & 257 men wounded. The Battalion collected their dead, among them Alexander Windram, and started a new cemetery alongside the Arras road in the middle of the ground they had captured. The men from the 9th April 1917 lie together in Plot 1.
His daughter, Elsie always believed her father died on her 3rd birthday, April 8 1917. With the 8-hour time difference between France and her home it could very well have been true, the Vimy battle would have been 2½ hours old by the end of day back at Fraser Mills, British Columbia.
Galerie numérique de
Caporal Alexander Windram
The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Galerie numérique de
Caporal Alexander Windram
The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
Galerie numérique de
Caporal Alexander Windram
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Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Corporal Alexander Windram; 7th (1st British Columbia Regiment) Battalion; 2nd Infantry Brigade The story of the Battle of Vimy Ridge is well known on the 9th April 1917 the time for the attack arrived. A single Canadian gun fired at 05.30 am, on cue the allied guns responded and the attackers left their trenches. The cost of success was high, the 7th Battalion casualties were 4 officers & 60 men killed, 4 officers & 257 men wounded. The Battalion collected their dead, among them Alexander Windram, and started a new cemetery alongside the Arras road in the middle of the ground they had captured. The men from the 9th April 1917 lie together in Plot 1. His daughter, Elsie always believed her father died on her 3rd birthday, April 8 1917. With the 8-hour time difference between France and her home it could very well have been true, the Vimy battle would have been 2½ hours old by the end of day back at Fraser Mills, British Columbia.
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The grave marker at the Arras Road Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013)
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CIMETIÈRE DE LA ROUTE D'ARRAS Pas de Calais, France
Roclincourt est un village du département du Pas-de-Calais situé un peu à l'est de la route allant d'Arras à Lens et à Lille. Le cimetière de la route d'Arras se trouve du côté ouest de la route principale allant d'Arras à Lens (N17), à 6 kilomètres environ au nord d'Arras, et au nord de Roclincourt. Le cimetière a été agrandi en 1926-1929. On y a installé 993 sépultures auparavant réparties sur un vaste périmètre, surtout au nord et à l'est d'Arras. Le cimetière, qui a une superficie de 4 084 mètres carrés, comprend aujourd'hui plus de 1 000 tombes de soldats de la Première Guerre mondiale. Il est entouré sur trois côtés par un mur de moellons et, le long de la route, par un mur de soutènement. On trouve d'anciens abris à l'angle nord-est et à limite sud-ouest du cimetière.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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