Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Porter Moir
In memory of:
Private William Porter Moir
August 7, 1917
Military Service
799283
34
Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
19th Bn.
Additional Information
September 22, 1882
Son of David and Charlotte Moir, of Forfar, Scotland; husband of Isabella Lee Moir of Dundee, Scotland.
Commemorated on Page 295 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France
II. D. 19.
Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of William Porter Moir -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping -
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Photo of William Moir – Grandson remembers. Great-great grand dauchter will visit his grave as part of a school battlefield tour.
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