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Military service
Service number:
464559
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
June 29, 1889
Death:
September 8, 1917
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Additional information
Son of Mrs. Isabella Windram, of May House, Eyemouth, Berwickshire; husband of Jane Windram (now Marr), of 14, Colvin St., Dunbar, Scotland.
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Inscription
Private William Windram 464559 Date of Death: 08/09/1917 Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion On the night of 6 Sep, Lt Jack led an attack to move the northerly posts across the Lens-Arras road which had been strung with barbed wire. Stretchers were laid over the wire to enable the attackers to get across. Fighting on both nights involved grenades and bayonets. On the night of the 7/8th Sep the Battalion was relieved by the 8th Battalion, during the relief William was killed, his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Vimy memorial. He was 28 Years, 2 Months, 10 Days. Source: 54th Battalion War Diary – September 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Windram
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Private William Windram
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Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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