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Oliver Challicom

In memory of:

Gunner Oliver Challicom

October 17, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

83977

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

6th Bde.

Additional Information

Born:

April 26, 1893

Son of James and Elizabeth Challicom, of England.

Commemorated on Page 65 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 3.

Location:

Albert is in the Department of the Somme. The BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-east of town on the right-hand side of the main road, D929, to Bapaume.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping

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    Newspaper Clipping
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 233 of 958.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CATCHPOLE TO CHIGNELL. Microform Sequence 19; Volume Number 31829_B016728. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 233 of 958.
  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of OLIVER CHALLICOM– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of OLIVER CHALLICOM – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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