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William Jeffrey Drummond

In memory of:

Private William Jeffrey Drummond

November 19, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

628053

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. Hugh Drummond, of 253, Maryhill Rd., Glasgow, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 80 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. G. 16.

Location:

Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1027 of 1076. His grave was located 1 mile West of Le Sars/4 ½ miles South West of Bapaume. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 1027 of 1076. His grave was located 1 mile West of Le Sars/4 ½ miles South West of Bapaume. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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