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Military service
Service number:
116823
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
March 19, 1896
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 9.
Additional information
Son of Mary H. Harwood, of West Summerland, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private George Alfred Harwood
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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
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Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of George Alfred Harwood
George's picture taken in early 1917 before joining his unit 2nd CMR on their way to Vimy Ridge. He died on the first day of the invasion April 9, 1917. -
Photo of George's Cross circa 1917
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Gravemarker
George's Cross circa 2002 - 85 years later. -
Photo 2 of George Alfred Harwood
This is George with his brother Ralph in England circa Dec. 1916 -
Hat Badge
This is George's Hatbadge. 2nd CMR (Canadian Mounted Rifles) -
SS Scandinavian
This is the SS Scandinavian which George went overseas on in August 1916
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
Digital gallery of
Private George Alfred Harwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 252 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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