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Military service
Service number:
13613
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
"D" Coy. 5th Bn.
Birth:
Grimsby, England
Enlistment:
Red Deer, Alberta
Death:
July 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 37.
Additional information
Son of John William and Alice Broughton, of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of COLIN RAMSAY BROUGHTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial Plaque, St. Luke's Anglican Church, Red Deer, Alberta This was the family church for the Broughton's in Red Deer. -
Memorial
Canadian Headstone for Colin Ramsay Broughton, Red Deer Cemetery Inscribed as follows: IN LOVING MEMORY COLIN RAMSAY BROUGHTON, L. CORP. 5TH BATT, 1ST CAN. CONT. KILLED IN ACTION AT ZILLEBEKE FLANDER, 26 JULY 1916, AGED 25 YEARS "Short days ago we lived, Loved and were loved, But now we lie, In Flanders Fields, Where poppies grow"
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Colin Ramsay Broughton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 59 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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