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Military service
Service number:
1000441
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Birth:
January 17, 1885
Pencoed Ucha farm, Corwen Nort
Enlistment:
January 14, 1916
Russel, Manitoba
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Annapolis Mem 13.
Additional information
Brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Dorricott, of Ditherington, Shrewsbury, England.
Digital gallery of Private David Williams
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Special Memorial: "To the memory of these 23 soldiers of the British Empire killed in action in 1917 and buried at the time in the Canadian Military Graves Avion. Avion British Cemetery (The Sandpits) and Chinook Annapolis and Sumach Cemeteries, Vimy whose graves were destroyed in later battles. Their glory shall not be blotted out" (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave Marker
Photo of David Williams my grandfather's brother. Who was born at Pencoed Uchaf farm, Corwen North Wales. Emigrated to Canada, but was killed in France. -
Photo of David Williams
Photo of David Williams who was born at Pencoed Ucha farm, Corwen North Wales. The son of John and Alice Williams. Emigrated to Canada, sent to the battlefields of France where he died.
Digital gallery of
Private David Williams
Digital gallery of
Private David Williams
Digital gallery of
Private David Williams
Digital gallery of
Private David Williams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 350 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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