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Military service
Service number:
80213
Age:
21
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
3rd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
September 5, 1896
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
J. 21.
Digital gallery of Sapper Alec Borthwick
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Cemetery
The Ramparts Lille Gate Cemetery, in the town of Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Ramparts Lille Gate Cemetery, just inside the Lille Gate at Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice … Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alec Borthwick
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alec Borthwick
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alec Borthwick
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alec Borthwick
Digital gallery of
Sapper Alec Borthwick
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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