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John Miles Clapham

In memory of:

Private John Miles Clapham

August 27, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

512558

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Service Corps

Division:

4th Div. M.T. Coy.

Additional Information

Eldest son of George and Annette Clapham, of 44, Chatham St., Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 384 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

XVIA. A. 16.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page of 399 of 1068.

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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: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page of 399 of 1068.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pte. John Miles Clapham is remembered on the Clapham family memorial at Hamilton Cemetery, 777 York Blvd., Hamilton, Ontario.

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    Memorial – Pte. John Miles Clapham is remembered on the Clapham family memorial at Hamilton Cemetery, 777 York Blvd., Hamilton, Ontario.
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