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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
75741
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
May 11, 1883
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Ritchie Cunningham
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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 511 of 890. -
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)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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