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Military service
Service number:
56026
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1891
Death:
October 29, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 177.
Additional information
Native of St. Catharines, Ontario. Son of Tom and Hesther Ann Sanger, of Gilling West, Richmond, Yorks, England.
Digital gallery of Private Robert John Sanger
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Pierre Tombale
Grave marker for Robert John Sanger in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Image taken 13 July 2014 by Tom Tulloch. -
Mémorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
Coupure de presse
Source: The Globe Toronto Wednesday November 10 1915
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Private Robert John Sanger
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Private Robert John Sanger
Digital gallery of
Private Robert John Sanger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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