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Military service
Service number:
1015726
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 13.
Additional information
Husband of F. Colquhoun, of 41, Kirk St. South, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Colquhoun
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1099 of 1384. Exhumed from Sumack Cemetery in 1919 and re-interred at LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
Digital gallery of
Private William Colquhoun
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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