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Military service
Service number:
443908
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
April 18, 1897
Ketton, Rutland, England
Enlistment:
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
March 1, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Special Memorial A.7
Additional information
Son of Francis Charlton Bird and Kathleen Mary Bird, of Orchard Farm, Penticton, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
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Grave marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Special Memorial: "To the memory of these 23 soldiers of the British Empire killed in action in 1917 and buried at the time in the Canadian Military Graves Avion. Avion British Cemetery (The Sandpits) and Shinook Annapolis and Sumack Cemeteries, Vimy whose graves were destroyed in later battles. Their glory shall not be blotted out" (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 81 of 734 -
Inscription
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Memorial Plaque
Bank of Hamilton War Memorial Plaque. The Bank of Hamilton (1872-1924) headquarters was located during the first World War at King and James Street, Hamilton, Ontario. Many of the men listed on this memorial were employed at Bank of Hamilton branches located across Canada. The Bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1924. -
Photo of RODERICK CHARLTON BIRD
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Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roderick Charlton Bird
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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