Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Lawrence Gunn Newell
In memory of:
Sergeant Lawrence Gunn Newell
April 23, 1915
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
1st Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Thos. and Sarah Newell, of Watford, Ontario. Born Brooke, Ontario. The first Lambton County boy to give his life in the Great War.
Commemorated on Page 30 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium
I. F. 9.
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre, on the Hospitaalstraat, which is a road leading from the Poperingseweg. (Connecting Ieper to Poperinge). (* Vlamertinge is the modern spelling of Vlamertinghe) From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching the village of Vlamertinge the cemetery is located on the Hospitaalstraat, which is the second right turning after the village church. The VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY lies 50 metres along the Hospitaalstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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