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Military service
Service number:
26510
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Birth:
October 28, 1891
Birkenhead, England
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 21.
Additional information
Son of W. G. Adams.
Digital gallery of Private William George Adams
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper clipping
Newspapers article from the Birkenhead News 12 May 1917
Digital gallery of
Private William George Adams
Digital gallery of
Private William George Adams
Digital gallery of
Private William George Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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