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Military service
Service number:
427785
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
May 12, 1890
London, England
Enlistment:
August 7, 1915
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 3, 1916
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Additional information
Husband of Isabel Ruff and father of George James Ruff of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private George James Ruff
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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)
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Private George James Ruff
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 157 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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