Language selection


Search veterans.gc.ca

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William Garvie

In memory of:

Private William Garvie

October 12, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

108239

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron

Division:

17th

Additional Information


Born:

June 27, 1892

Son of Robert and Jessie Garvie, of Lummington Farm, Menmuir, Brechin, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XIV. C. 40.

Location:

Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme, some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume. Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY lies about halfway between the two villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road from Etricourt to Ytres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.February 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of WILLIAM GARVIE

Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.

Date modified: