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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Alexander Ross

In memory of:

Sergeant Alexander Ross

September 27, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

1015417

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal and Bar

Additional Information

Born:

May 15, 1879

Son of John and Ann Ross; husband of Margaret Ross, of 2801, Richmond Rd., Saanich, British Columbia. Born in County Elgin.

Commemorated on Page 494 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 23.

Location:

Sains les Marquion is a village approximately 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai road (D939). The QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY lies at the end of an access path to the left of the D15 road heading towards Havrincourt, about 2 kilometres from the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.
  • Entrance– Photo of entrance courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.Note the two shells which the farmer had ploughed up from the adjacent field.

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    Entrance
    Entrance – Photo of entrance courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2009.Note the two shells which the farmer had ploughed up from the adjacent field.

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