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Digital gallery of Corporal Gordon Guild
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Guild
Gordon Grover Guild, born in Ridgetown, ON 1893 Oct 27, raised in Alberta, joined 101st Edmonton in 1913, joined war in 1915 May 11, sailed from Montreal 1915 Nov 20, sustained shrapnel wound below the shoulder blades in France 1915 Mar 22, returned to duty after 7 weeks, wounded again on Sep 15, returned in early Oct to die in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, quickly buried nearby, reburied early 1920 in the Regina Trench Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Corporal Gordon Guild
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Gordon Grover Guild, born in Ridgetown, ON 1893 Oct 27, raised in Alberta, joined 101st Edmonton in 1913, joined war in 1915 May 11, sailed from Montreal 1915 Nov 20, sustained shrapnel wound below the shoulder blades in France 1915 Mar 22, returned to duty after 7 weeks, wounded again on Sep 15, returned in early Oct to die in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, quickly buried nearby, reburied early 1920 in the Regina Trench Cemetery
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From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 96 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village.
The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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