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Robert Wilfred Prior

In memory of:

Private Robert Wilfred Prior

January 24, 1919

Military Service

Service Number:

47194

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion

Additional Information

Born:

February 27, 1893

Son of Jane Prior, of 168, Tonbridge Rd., Maidstone, England, and the late John Prior.

Commemorated on Page 541 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

X. II. 8.

Location:

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere. Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Wartime diary– Excerpt from the Canadian Corps Cyclist Bn Jan 1919 concerning the Death of Pte. Prior

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    Wartime diary – Excerpt from the Canadian Corps Cyclist Bn Jan 1919 concerning the Death of Pte. Prior
  • Other– Report on Death of Pte Prior from his file at LAC

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    Other – Report on Death of Pte Prior from his file at LAC
  • Other– Witness statement of Pte John Cherry #85 concerning the death of Pte Prior taken from the file of Pte Prior at LAC

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    Other – Witness statement of Pte John Cherry #85 concerning the death of Pte Prior taken from the file of Pte Prior at LAC
  • Cross of Sacrifice– Photograph of the Cross of Sacrifice taken at the Brussels Town Cemetery in the CWGC Military Cemetery area within. Photo from the internet.

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    Cross of Sacrifice
    Cross of Sacrifice – Photograph of the Cross of Sacrifice taken at the Brussels Town Cemetery in the CWGC Military Cemetery area within. Photo from the internet.
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