Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Colquhoun
In memory of:
Private William Colquhoun
September 30, 1918
Military Service
139046
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
87th Bn.
Additional Information
June 2, 1892
Son of James and Helen Colquhoun, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Commemorated on Page 387 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CANTIMPRE CANADIAN CEMETERY
Nord, France
C. 13.
The route to the Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery is signposted from the D939 at Raillencourt and is located 1 kilometre north of Sailly on the D140 on the left hand side of the road towards Sancourt. Sailly is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres north-west of Cambrai just to the north of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing Northward through Sailly to the West of Cantimpre and the East of the village of Haynecourt. The Cemetery at Cantimpre was originally called the Marcoing Line British Cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1916, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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