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Military service
Service number:
2181343
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
April 17, 1899
Deloraine, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 12, 1917
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
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Son of James Cummings and Catherine Jane (Morrow) Young, of Deloraine, Manitoba. Stepson of Phillip Henry Young.
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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 385 of 890. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Private Richard James Cummings
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Private Richard James Cummings
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Private Richard James Cummings
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 392 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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