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Military service
Service number:
446038
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Gilbert Cryer
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 243 of 890. Grave located on Sunken Road opposite Courcelette. -
Memorial
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
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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