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Military service
Service number:
132823
Age:
22
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
4th Div. Company, 12th Brigade
Birth:
February 26, 1895
Enlistment:
Almonte, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. F. 29.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
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Biography
I travelled to France with my school for the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge. As a project, we all researched a soldier and found our soldier in this cemetery. Mine soldier was Raymond. -
Photo of Raymond Affleck
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada" Page 46. 'E' Company. -
Attestation Paper (page 1)
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War -
Attestation Paper (page 2)
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Paying respects
I travelled to France with my school for the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge. As a project, we all researched a soldier and found our soldier in this cemetery. Mine soldier was Raymond. -
Paying respects
I travelled to France with my school for the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge. As a project, we all researched a soldier and found our soldier in this cemetery. Mine soldier was Raymond. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Raymond Affleck
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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