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Military service
Service number:
790636
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Battalion
Birth:
November 28, 1885
Enlistment:
New Westminister, British Columbia
Death:
April 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
11.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Margaret A. Burr, of 218 Fourth St., New Westminster, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private William Risk Burr
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Photo of William Risk Burr
This photo (circa 1916) is last time the family saw William Burr, as he was departing from Ladner, BC. From left (rear): Harry Mitchell, Alice Mitchell (Burr), William Risk Burr. From left (front): Jean Mitchell, Bill Mitchell, Berenice Mitchell, Doris Mitchell and Rena Mitchell. -
Portrait of William Risk Burr
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Postcard 2 from training camp
Postcard from training camp in Nelson BC, addressed to his sister, Mrs. H.A. Mitchell. Message: Hello All. Say this place has the flats skinned for mud. They should have supplied us with hip gumboots. This is the only card I could get to-night. Will send another some time. Will -
Postcard from London
Postcard from London, England, addressed to his sister, Miss Gertrude E. Burr. Message: Sorry I can't write you a letter just now Gert - this is the best I can do. I'll write you when I get back to camp. Good boy and went to church this morning, St. Paul's Cathedral. Will -
Gravemarker
Wadsley churchyard, Sheffield, England -
Wadsley Churchyard
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Postcard from training camp
Postcard from training camp in Nelson BC, addressed to his sister, Mrs. H.A. Mitchell. Message: Hello All. Gee you would laugh at the funny little farms along the line through Quebec. We had a gread spread a few evenings ago with the pheasants as the main course. They were fine. Will
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
Digital gallery of
Private William Risk Burr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 210 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WADSLEY CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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