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Son of M. E. and Jonadab Bancroft, of "The Rock," Halkyn, Holywell, Flints.
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Private Matthew Bancroft
Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for the Massey Harris Company is
located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West,
Toronto, Ontario. This plaque includes a separate list for the men who were
employed at the Brantford Works.
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Private Matthew Bancroft
Pte. Matthew Bancroft enlisted with the first Canadian Contingent and trained at Camp Valcartier in late 1914.
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Private Matthew Bancroft
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 835 of 1072.
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Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for the Massey Harris Company is located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West, Toronto, Ontario. This plaque includes a separate list for the men who were employed at the Brantford Works.
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Pte. Matthew Bancroft enlisted with the first Canadian Contingent and trained at Camp Valcartier in late 1914.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 835 of 1072.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.
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