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Military service
Service number:
61765
Age:
24
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
October 6, 1892
Weedon, Wolfe, Québec
Enlistment:
October 23, 1914
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
August 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. 3.
Additional information
Son of Philéas Tanguay and Herménise Lussier, of St-Gérard-Majella, Wolfe, Québec.
He stated being born in St-Gérard and did not include a date of birth when he enlisted.
He was awarded the Bronze Medal for Military Valour (ltaly).
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Philémon Tanguay
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Medal
He was awarded the Bronze Medal for Military Valour (ltaly). -
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Philémon Tanguay
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Philémon Tanguay
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Philémon Tanguay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 336 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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