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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 10.
Additional information
Son of Mary B. Grosvenor, of 33, Reedswood Rd., Birchills, Walsall, England, and the late John Grosvenor.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
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Photo of Burnett Grosvnor
Written on reverse: "Late Lieut Burnett B Grosvnor of 3rd Canadian Battalion, Toronto Regiment was killed in France by a shell exploding directly in front of him on Aug 30th 1918. Aged 26 years. He gave his life for others. A Sacrifice Worthy of Remembrance." -
Temporary Grave Marker
Original grave site in Valley Cemetery in France. -
Document
Description of gravesite photo submitted on November 15, 2014. -
Memorial
Grave Memorial in Tunstall Cemetery Stoke-on-Trent -
Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me
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Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
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Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
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Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
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Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Burnett Grosvenor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 420 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VALLEY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Valley Cemetery lies south of Vis-en-Artois, some 12 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D939 road. From Vis-en-Artois take the D9 towards Cherisy for 1.5 kilometres, then take a track towards the cemetery on your left.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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