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Robert Maurice Dayton

In memory of:

Private Robert Maurice Dayton

October 3, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

255853

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

24th Bn.

Citation(s):

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

March 25, 1894
Hancock City, Illinois

Enlistment:

September 14, 1916
Camp Hughes, Manitoba

Son of John F. and Fannie Dayton, of Nauvoo, Illinois, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTN.
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

II. A. 17.

Location:

Naves is a small village about 5 kilometres north-east of Cambrai on the road to Saulzoir. The NAVES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south side of the road a little south-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 209 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 209 of 1036.

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