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Albert Stronge

In memory of:

Private Albert Stronge

May 21, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

775564

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

116th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 28, 1890

Son of Albert James and Bridget Stronge, of 164, Lord St., Kearsley, Farnworth, Lancs, England. Born at Kearsley.

Commemorated on Page 334 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

C. 13.

Location:

Vimy is a village some 10 kilometres north of Arras and the PETIT-VIMY BRITISH CEMETERY is west of the village and a little west of the main road from Lens to Arras (N25).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Cenotaph– Cenotaph in Laurel Hill Cemetery Bolton, Ontario Canada includes the names of men in the district killed in WW1, WW11 and the Korean War_ Albert Stronge's name appears on front panel (north facing).
  • Cenotaph– Cenotaph in Laurel Hill Cemetery Bolton Ontario Canada includes the names of men in the district killed in WW1, WW2 and the Korean War_ Albert Stronge's name appears on front panel (north facing).
  • Memorial– Albert Stronge's name appears on WW1 memorial plaque at St John the Evangelist Church, located in the community of his youth, in Farnworth, Bolton, England. 
His name also appeared on a memorial plaque in St. Alban's Church in his adopted home of Palgrave, located just down the road from Bolton, Ontario, Canada.
  • Newspaper clipping– Albert Stronge of the 116th Battalion. Notice of death in the Bolton Enterprise, circa 1917.  Newspaper clipping is from a scrapbook as the Bolton Enterprise does not have archives.
  • Photo of ALBERT STRONGE– Albert Stronge of the 116th Battalion. Photo take from notice of death that appeared in The Bolton Enterprise, Ontario Canada, circa 1917. Newspaper clipping is from a scrapbook as the Bolton Enterprise does not have archives.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– A photograph of the headstone at the Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, France. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens)
  • Cemetery– The Petit-Vimy Cemetery, near Vimy Ridge and the town of Vimy, in the Pas de Calais, France (J. Stephens)

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