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Military service
Service number:
466575
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of Bernard and Agnes S. Cuming, of Hillside Villa, Breck Rd., Wallasey, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Cuming
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 331 of 890.
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Commemorated on:
Page 73 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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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