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Military service
Service number:
847
Age:
26
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Regiment)
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of H. de Grood, of Burghardt Berghstraat 47, Nijmegen, Holland, and his wife the late Anna Fossema.
Digital gallery of Trooper William De Grood
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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) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 455 of 1036. -
Honour roll
"Roll of Honor" from the Gundy-Clapperton Glass factory, where Willem de Grood was employed (recovered in 1972 after factory closed).
Digital gallery of
Trooper William De Grood
Digital gallery of
Trooper William De Grood
Digital gallery of
Trooper William De Grood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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