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Military service
Service number:
862073
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
February 14, 1891
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Brown, of 101, Holborn St., Aberdeen, Scotland; husband of Margaret McMahan Brown, of Scarboro Golf and Country Club, Scarboro, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Smith Brown
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Circumstances of Death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Broad to Broyak. Mircoform Sequence 14; Volume Number 31829_B016723; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 158 Page 1045 of 1128 -
Newspaper clipping
Orillia Times, 12 Sep 1918 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Smith Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Smith Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Smith Brown
Digital gallery of
Private William Smith Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 376 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
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