Military service
Service number:
1137
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
St-John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
G. 34.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Edith Russell, of Brooklyn, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Native of Plate Cove, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private William Russell
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Photo of William Russell
William Russell, son of Samuel and Edith Russell of Brooklyn, Newfoundland. Buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France -
Baptismal Font
William Russell is commemorated on this baptismal font in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Brooklyn, Newfoundland. -
St. Andrew's
William Russell is commemorated in St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Brooklyn, Newfoundland." -
Monument
William Russell is commemorated on this monument in Summerville, Newfoundland. -
Newspaper clipping
From the St. John Daily Star July 27th 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Russell
Digital gallery of
Private William Russell
Digital gallery of
Private William Russell
Digital gallery of
Private William Russell
Digital gallery of
Private William Russell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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