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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
June 4, 1890
Leith, Scotland
Enlistment:
March 8, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of William and Elizabeth Ross, of 15, Majestic Apartments, 700, Broughton St., Vancouver, British Columbia. Born at Leith, Scotland.
English:
Digitized service file.
French:Dossier de service numérisé.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William George Ross
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Photo of William George Ross
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Grave Marker
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) -
Arras Road Cemetery
The Arras Road Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Ross
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Ross
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Ross
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William George Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 319 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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