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Military service
Service number:
2203580
Age:
42
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Birth:
December 10, 1878
Death:
October 30, 1920
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
21. 45. I.
Additional information
Son of James and Anna Thurnham, of Midland Villa, Hemel Hempstead, England. Husband of Etta May Thurnham, of 624, South Briel St., Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Herbert Thurnham
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Grave Marker
Grave of 2203580 Sapper William Herbert Thurnham who served with the Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. Born in the town of Hemel in Hampstead England on Dec. 10th 1878. Husband of Etta May Thurnham of Los Angeles CA. USA. William enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on May 3rd 1917 listing his occupation as "Logger" He died at Vancouver BC on Oct. 30th 1920 at the age of 42. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
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Memorial cross in the section where 2203580 Sapper William Herbert Thurnham who served with the Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
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Cemetery view of the section where 2203580 Sapper William Herbert Thurnham who served with the Canadian Railway Troops C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Sapper William Herbert Thurnham
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Herbert Thurnham
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Herbert Thurnham
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Commemorated on:
Page 554 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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