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Military service
Service number:
624435
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
May 11, 1899
Death:
April 10, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 9.
Additional information
Born at Lacombe, Alberta. Son of S. H. and Isobel R. Welch, of 1551, Clawthorpe Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia.
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La Chaudiere Military 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) -
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Gravemarker
Chaudière Cemetery, Vimy, France -
Newspaper clipping
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Phillips Welch
Digital gallery of
Private Phillips Welch
Digital gallery of
Private Phillips Welch
Digital gallery of
Private Phillips Welch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 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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