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Citation(s);
Military service
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
Division:
1st
Enlistment:
Montreal, Québec
Death:
March 25, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Major William Falconer Battersby
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Photo of William Battersby
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 911 of 1058. -
Attestation papers
Front of Attestation Paper of William Falconer BATTERSBY who enlisted on 7 Jan 1917 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Brantford Expositor 1916. Submitted or the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
Digital gallery of
Major William Falconer Battersby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 365 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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