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Military service
Service number:
40222
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
November 19, 1893
Galashiels, Scotland
Enlistment:
December 21, 1914
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 11, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Allan and Maggie Hincklieff of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Brother of Alexander and Pte Allan Hincklieff, Cameron Highlanders, British Expeditionary Force, who died of wounds at home on 4 May 1918. Pte Hincklieff is also commemorated on the Scottish National War Memorial, Crown Square, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
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Brothers
Photograph (~1909): Russell Hincklieff (centre) - youngest of six children (three brothers shown served in WW1). Allan (left) died of wounds 1918; Alexander (right) survived the war. -
Photo of Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Born Galashiels, Scotland 1894<P> Childhood partly spent with the Kerr side of the Hincklieff family, which accounts for middle initial 'K' shown in some documents.<P> Emigrated to Canada around 1912, living in the Saskatoon area, before enlisting in 1915<P> Killed during the battle of the Somme. -
Certificate
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Newspaper clipping
Clipping from local newspaper, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. -
Memorial Scroll
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Memorial Plaque
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Inscription from the Vimy Memorial, France
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George V Memorial Cross
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1914-1915 Star
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Letter
Letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commmission. -
Letter
Letter from the Scotish War Memorial -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Kerr Hincklieff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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