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Son of George Perry Abram and Mary Abram. Husband of Florence Abram, of "Oulton," 21, Bradford Rd., Lewes, Sussex, England.
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Corporal George Percy Abram
His father, George Perry Abram, was headmaster of Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, England, where Percy was a pupil. He became a farmer and emigrated to Canada in 1907, establishing a homestead at Makinak, Man. Enlisted at Winnipeg on 1 Nov 1914. His unit sailed to UK from Quebec on 17 May 1915 on SS "Carpathia" and went to Otterpool Camp, Kent, for training at Shorncliffe. On 4 Sept 1915 he married Florence Barker at Hythe Parish Church, Kent. A fortnight later he embarked for France and was killed in action on the Somme a year later. Florence did not remarry and kept his memory alive throughout her long life. There were no children.
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Corporal George Percy Abram
F Coy 27th Battalion, C.E.F.
Back row: George Percy Abram, Hughie Fraser (Scot), Emil Ducroix? (Belgian)
Front row: Sgt. Pat. Nielson (Irish), Sgt. Walter Woodham (English)
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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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It is unknown when this photo was taken.
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Makinak, Manitoba
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
George Percy Abram as a boy, presumably taken while he was a pupil at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, where his father was headmaster
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Corporal George Percy Abram
Presumably inside his homestead in Makinak, Manitoba.
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
This presumably is his homestead in Makinak.
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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Corporal George Percy Abram
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His father, George Perry Abram, was headmaster of Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, England, where Percy was a pupil. He became a farmer and emigrated to Canada in 1907, establishing a homestead at Makinak, Man. Enlisted at Winnipeg on 1 Nov 1914. His unit sailed to UK from Quebec on 17 May 1915 on SS "Carpathia" and went to Otterpool Camp, Kent, for training at Shorncliffe. On 4 Sept 1915 he married Florence Barker at Hythe Parish Church, Kent. A fortnight later he embarked for France and was killed in action on the Somme a year later. Florence did not remarry and kept his memory alive throughout her long life. There were no children.
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F Coy 27th Battalion, C.E.F. Back row: George Percy Abram, Hughie Fraser (Scot), Emil Ducroix? (Belgian) Front row: Sgt. Pat. Nielson (Irish), Sgt. Walter Woodham (English)
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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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It is unknown when this photo was taken.
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Makinak, Manitoba
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George Percy Abram as a boy, presumably taken while he was a pupil at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, where his father was headmaster
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Presumably inside his homestead in Makinak, Manitoba.
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This presumably is his homestead in Makinak.
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Page 45 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France
Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:
Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII.
The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made.
On April 3, 2003, the Government of Canada designated April 9th of each year as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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