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Télesphore Richelieu

In memory of:

Private Télesphore Richelieu

October 4, 1916
Courcelette, France

Military Service


Service Number:

448663

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 11, 1878
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Quebec

Enlistment:

October 13, 1915
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Télesphore-Louis Laporte-dit-Richelieu. Son of Télesphore Laporte-dit-Richelieu and Marie-Louise Chartrand; and husband of Antoinette Troie-dit-Lafranchise, of Montréal, Québec. He attested that he was born on 1877.

Commemorated on Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. E. 21.

Location:

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).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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