Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Bolan
In memory of:
Serjeant William Bolan
April 18, 1916
Military Service
9305
24
Army
Wiltshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Bolan, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham; husband of Maude Statham (formerly Bolan), of Long Branch, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BASRA MEMORIAL
Iraq
N/A
The BASRA MEMORIAL, within Basra War Cemetery, is about 9 kilometres north-west of Basra, a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf. The BASRA MEMORIAL consists of a roofed colonnade of white Indian stone, 80 metres long, with an obelisk 16 metres high as the central feature. The names are engraved on slate panels fixed to the wall behind the columns. More than 40,000 British, Indian and West African dead who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921, are commemorated here. Note: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission strongly advises that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office should be contacted before attempting to visit Iraq. Their details are as follows:
Travel Advice Unit Consular Division Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
London, England
SW1A 2AF
Tel: 0207 008 0232/0233
Fax: 0207 008 0164
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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