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Military service
Service number:
629127
Age:
33
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
March 6, 1884
Death:
March 16, 1917
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Son of Isabella Windram. Husband of Sophie Windram.
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Corporal John Windram 629127; 47th British Columbia Battalion; 10th Infantry Brigade On the morning of 16 Mar the 47th Battalion staged a trench raid opposite the PIMPLE at the north end of the ridge between Souchez and Givenchy-en-Gohelle. Four raiding parties, one from each Coy, entered the trenches beyond a barrier of mine craters that ran along no-man’s-land. The Battalion War Diary records the raid starting at 03.45 and that within 6mins the enemy’s retaliatory bombardment started to fall on our lines and 2mins later in the Souchez Valley beyond. The raiders met with strong opposition and severe hand to hand fighting took place, many casualties were inflicted on the enemy but no prisoners were taken. The diary then records the service numbers of casualties but not their names. 8 killed, 31 wounded and 9 missing. Among the killed is the number 629127 of John Windram. Source: Canadian Archives RG9, Militia and Defense, Series III-D-3, Volume 4940 Reel T-10746-10747
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Corporal John Windram
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Page 352 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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