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Military service
Service number:
478918
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
October 28, 1896
Death:
October 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. D. 13.
Additional information
Son of Christopher and Ann Dingsdale, of Fernie, British Columbia
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Dingsdale
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Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Mémorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Coupure de presse
From the Daily Colonist of November 4, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y282uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Photo de JOSEPH DINGSDALE
From the Daily Colonist of November 5, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y283uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
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