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Military service
Service number:
640232
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Labour Corps
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
March 7, 1894
Enlistment:
Brockville, Ontario
Death:
June 28, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. A. 12.
Digital gallery of Private William Boswell
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White House Cemetery
This is a view of White House Cemetery St Jean-les-Ypres where William Boswell is buried. -
Grave Marker
This is William Boswell's grave marker. Born in England, he was living at Athens, Ontario when he enlisted on 8/10/1916 at Barriefield. His next of kin was his sister, Miss Lizzie Boswell of Godwich, Ontario. He was a cheesemaker by trade. -
Cemetery
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Entrance
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Memorial
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Grave Marker
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British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of Death -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
Digital gallery of
Private William Boswell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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