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George Evan Lenton

In memory of:

Private George Evan Lenton

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

775517

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

21st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. Annie Wilson, of Kettering, England. Husband of Bertha Annie Lenton (nee Campkin) of Brampton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 274 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ZIVY CRATER, THELUS
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 5. Col. 2.

Location:

Zivy Crater (originally called CB1) is on the south side of the road from Thelus to Neuville-St. Vaast, to the south of Lichfield Crater.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Pte. George Evan Lenton is shown on the left in this group photo. Three of the four men in this photograph died in the war - Pte. Sidney B. Campkin died at Passchendaele, and Lt. Reginald Campkin died August 27, 1918. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 429.

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    Group Photo – Pte. George Evan Lenton is shown on the left in this group photo. Three of the four men in this photograph died in the war - Pte. Sidney B. Campkin died at Passchendaele, and Lt. Reginald Campkin died August 27, 1918. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 429.
  • Inscription– A photograph of the memorial wall at the Zivy Crater Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens)

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    Inscription – A photograph of the memorial wall at the Zivy Crater Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens)
  • Zivy Crater Cemetery– The Zivy Crater Cemetery, near Thelus, Pas de Calais, France

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    Zivy Crater Cemetery
    Zivy Crater Cemetery – The Zivy Crater Cemetery, near Thelus, Pas de Calais, France
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    Zivy Crater Cemetery
  • Commemorative Stone

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    Commemorative Stone
  • Zivy Crater Cemetery

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    Zivy Crater Cemetery

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