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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
532744
Age:
33
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Birth:
May 28, 1884
Denaby, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 13, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. M. 13.
Additional information
Son of Eli and Sarah Poxon, of Lancashire, England. Husband of Ellen Ann Poxon, of Carbon, Alberta.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Samuel Poxon
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Memorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Grave Marker
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Poxon
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Poxon
Digital gallery of
Corporal Samuel Poxon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 311 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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