Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of George Walter and Eleanor Shipton, of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Brother of Amy.
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Cuthbert Shipton
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Private Joseph Cuthbert Shipton
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
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Private Joseph Cuthbert Shipton
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Private Joseph Cuthbert Shipton
From the Daily Colonist of January 19, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y33uvic#mode/1up
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"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921.
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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From the Daily Colonist of January 19, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist58y33uvic#mode/1up
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONGUENESSE (ST OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY is on the southern outskirts of St Omer and is about 45 kilometres south-east of Calais. When approaching the cemetery from St. Omer centre follow in the direction of Abbeville on the D 928. As you leave the town towards Longuenesse drive up the hill for about 600 metres and the cemetery is on your left.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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