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Military service
Service number:
164368
Age:
36
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
January 17, 1880
Death:
November 23, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 15
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William West was a rugby player for Northampton Saints RFC in England. He worked in the town's shoe industry before moving to Canada. He enlisted in the 84th battalion, CEF, before being transferred to the 75th (Mississauga) Regiment. He died of wounds on 23 November 1916. -
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Commemorated on:
Page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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