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Wilfrid Lévesque

In memory of:

Private Wilfrid Lévesque

March 30, 1918
Mercatel, France

Military Service


Service Number:

1012208

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 14, 1894
Montréal (Mile-End), Quebec

Enlistment:

May 30, 1916
Hull, Outaouais, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Wilfrid-Adrien Lévesque. Son of Louis Lévesque (deceased in 1909) and Marie Gagné (deceased in 1915), of Montréal, Québec. He had declared to be born on July 15th, 1895 at the time of his enlistment and he had named his only brother Alfred as his closest relative. The latter could not be traced, however, after his death.

Commemorated on Page 449 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 9.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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