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Léopold Paiement

In memory of:

Private Léopold Paiement

August 28, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

856493

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

April 28, 1888
Île-Bizard (Montréal), Quebec

Enlistment:

June 10, 1916
Sherbrooke, Quebec

Son of Napoléon Paiement and Évelyne Brunet, his wife.

Commemorated on Page 481 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 19.

Location:

Wancourt is a village about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. It is 2 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Cambrai. The WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is a short distance south-east of the village just off the D 35 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse 3 October 1918
  • Circumstances of death registers
  • Grave marker–  
  • Sherbrooke Monument– Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument.   The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district.  The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names.

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