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Military service
Service number:
1048257
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
November 14, 1886
San Francisco, California
Enlistment:
August 28, 1916
Merritt, British Columbia
Death:
March 7, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 16.
Digital gallery of Private Fred King
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Merritt War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Digital gallery of
Private Fred King
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 537 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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