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George John Smith

In memory of:

Captain George John Smith

June 15, 1915

Military Service

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Lorne. Son of Edward B. Smith and Jane Roddick, his wife; husband of Edith M. Smith (nee Side), of 9, Grand Avenue West, Chatham, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 36 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

47.

Location:

Beuvry is a village approximately 3 kilometres east of Bethune on the road to Lille. The BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on low ground at the western end of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Photo of George John Smith– From an official group portrait of the officers of the 1st Canadian Battalion (Western Ontario) taken at Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain in December 1914.

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    Photo of George John Smith – From an official group portrait of the officers of the 1st Canadian Battalion (Western Ontario) taken at Bustard Camp, Salisbury Plain in December 1914.
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