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Military service
Service number:
193046
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
May 27, 1882
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. E. 26.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cathcart, of 121, Park St. North, Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Cathcart
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Insigne de casquette
Cap badge of the 92nd Bn which he originally joined before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo BGen Young 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Pierre tombale
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Insigne de casquette
15th Bn cap badge. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Patch d'épaule
1st Division, 3rd Brigade shoulder patch worn by 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada). Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Mémorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Theipval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Coupure de presse
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 163. Page 19 of 958. -
Coupure de presse
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Cathcart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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