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Military service
Service number:
47833
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Serjeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 23, 1892
Enlistment:
Haileybury, Ontario
Death:
October 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot F. Row 1. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of George Henry and Florence Cuff, of London, England.
Digital gallery of Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
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Grave Marker
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Calais Southern Cemetery
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Calais Southern Cemetery
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Calais Southern Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Calais Southern Cemetery
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Calais Southern Cemetery
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Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 37th Bn (Northern Ontario). Lance Sergeant Cuff enlisted with the 37th bn but was sent to the 15th as a reinforcement. submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
Muskoka Herald 19-Oct-1916 -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 263 of 890.
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
Digital gallery of
Lance Serjeant John Sweeting Cuff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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