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Military service
Service number:
431159
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
3rd
Birth:
June 27, 1893
Ladners Landing, British Columbia
Enlistment:
June 21, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of Harry Nelson and Lydia Mary Heppell (nee Green) Rich, of Ladner, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Sidney Norris Rich
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Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 16, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y161uvic#mode/1up. -
Newspaper clipping
from the Daily Colonist of June 17, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y162uvic#mode/1up. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C. ) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Norris Rich
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Norris Rich
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Norris Rich
Digital gallery of
Private Sidney Norris Rich
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