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Bombardier Sidney John Soper

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Military service

Service number: 40905
Age: 20
Rank: Bombardier
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Division: 6th T.M. Bty.
Enlistment: Manitoba
Death: September 7, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III. H. 16.
Additional information

Son of Sidney Watson Soper and his wife Kate, late of Russell, Manitoba, Canada.

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY Somme, France

Flatiron Copse Cemetery is on the right hand side of D929, Amiens-Albert-Bapaume, 10 kilometres east of Albert. From Albert take the right turn at Y junction (102nd Infantry Brigade Memorial) after the Routiers restaurant, on the D20. Follow on the D20 through Ovillers/La Boisselle and Bazentin, then after 2 kilometres the Cemetery is signposted onto a 750 metre mud track. The Cemetery is accessible by car.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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