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Military service
Service number:
2486312
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion
Birth:
September 1, 1898
Dunfermline, Scotland
Death:
November 24, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 19.
Additional information
Son of Archibald and Mackie Douglas, of 282. Oakland Avenue, East Kildonan, Manitoba.
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Gravemarker
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Valenciennes (St. Roch) Community Cemetery
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Valenciennes' Entrance
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Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 537 of 1076.
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Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
Digital gallery of
Private William Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France
VALENCIENNES (ST.ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY is situated on the north-east side of the town, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre. It is on the north side of the road to Bruay-sur-L'Escaut.
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