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Son of Edward and Annie Connelly. Brother of Percival Aloysius, Joseph
Russell, Francis Lionel, Wilfred, Harold and Lance Connelly. As children, all six brothers shared the same address at MacLaren St, in Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Julia M. A. Connelly, of Plymouth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
La Targette British Cemetery, formerly known as Aux-Rietz Military Cemetery, was begun at the end of April 1917 and used by field ambulances and fighting units until September 1918. Nearly a third of the graves have an artillery connection; in March-April 1917, the artillery of the 2nd Canadian and 5th Divisions, and certain heavy artillery units, had their headquarters in a deep cave at Aux-Rietz. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
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Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1313 of 1384.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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La Targette British Cemetery, formerly known as Aux-Rietz Military Cemetery, was begun at the end of April 1917 and used by field ambulances and fighting units until September 1918. Nearly a third of the graves have an artillery connection; in March-April 1917, the artillery of the 2nd Canadian and 5th Divisions, and certain heavy artillery units, had their headquarters in a deep cave at Aux-Rietz. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1313 of 1384.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.
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