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Military service
Service number:
503314
Age:
40
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
September 18, 1878
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Enlistment:
January 3, 1916
British Columbia
Death:
April 15, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
H. "U." 269.
Additional information
Husband of Annie Lidster, Sandhill, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, England. He was the father of Albert and Charles. His son Albert went on to serve in the Second World War and saw action in Italy.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 537 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAWMARSH (HAUGH ROAD) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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