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Military service
Service number:
442856
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
April 18, 1883
Redhill, Surrey, England
Enlistment:
August 14, 1915
Nelson, British Columbia
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Herbert and Emma Bookham of Procter, British Columbia. Spouse of Laura and father of Dorothy and Emma Bookham, of Nelson, British Columbia.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Herbert James Bookham
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 679 of 762 -
Procter War Memorial, Procter, B.C.
Photograph of Procter War Memorial, Procter, British Columbia commemorating the those who lost their lives in the First and Second World War. -
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 Herbert James Bookham
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert James Bookham
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert James Bookham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 371 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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