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Military service
Service number:
887146
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
November 11, 1892
Death:
April 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. Agur F. and Mrs. A. J. Weightman, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private William Foster Weightman
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Photo of WILLIAM FOSTER WEIGHTMAN
Private WF Weightman is on the right of this photo. -
Group Photo
Private WF Weightman is with his troop at the Present Arms. -
Group Photo
Private WF Weightman is with his troop on the right end, sometime before their death near Vimy on April 20, 2017. Better times before the battle. -
Artifacts
Private WF Weightman has written a post card to his ten year old brother Mick, my father, as well as his other brother Ralph. These boys were on the farm in Saskatchewan, plus to his mother. -
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)
Digital gallery of
Private William Foster Weightman
Digital gallery of
Private William Foster Weightman
Digital gallery of
Private William Foster Weightman
Digital gallery of
Private William Foster Weightman
Digital gallery of
Private William Foster Weightman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 347 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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