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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
22101
Age:
34
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
January 1, 1883
Spenneymoor, Durham County, England
Enlistment:
September 24, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William B. and Sarah J. Witherington of Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Arthur Witherington
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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
Sergeant William Arthur Witherington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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