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Military service
Service number:
871911
Age:
35
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
September 1, 1883
Smiths Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 2, 1916
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 14.
Additional information
Son of George and Mary Chalmers, of Smiths Falls, Ontario. Brother of Mrs. L.A. Taggart of Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
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Photo of Harry Alexander Chalmers
Photo courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Biography - page 1
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Biography - page 2
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Attestation Paper (front)
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Grave marker
Kris Preece finds the grave of Harry Chalmers at Cagnicourt British Cemetery in France. Kris completed the biography on Chalmers. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 247 of 958.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Harry Alexander Chalmers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 382 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CAGNICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Cagnicourt is a village 18 kilometres south-east of Arras. The CAGNICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the D.13, 2 kilometres south of the main Arras-Cambrai road ((D.939) and is near the Communal Cemetery.
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