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Military service
Service number:
902277
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
September 9, 1896
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
March 22, 1916
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Harry and Mary A. Cummings of Stellarton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Private William Nightingale Cummings
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Photo of William Nightingale Cummings
William Nightingale Cummings #902277 Died at Abraham Heights near Passchendaele Oct 31, 1917 under heavy shelling. -
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 395 of 890. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 223 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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