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Alphonse Villeneuve

In memory of:

Private Alphonse Villeneuve

August 27, 1918
Chérisy, France

Military Service


Service Number:

847330

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 9, 1897
Montréal (Notre-Dame), Quebec

Enlistment:

February 4, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Télesphore-Alphonse-Marie Villeneuve. Son of Pierre Villeneuve (deceased 1897) and Malvina Therrien, of Montreal, Quebec. His mother never remarried.

Commemorated on Page 516 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. B. 23

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.

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