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Percival Joseph Anker

In memory of:

Corporal Percival Joseph Anker

September 29, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

424516

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

78th Bn.

Citation(s):

Supplement to London Gazette, dated 24 January 1919.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

August 20, 1892
Whittlesey, Cambridge, England

Enlistment:

April 12, 1915
Brandon, Manitoba

Son of David Anker, of Whittlesey, England; husband of Dorothy Ellen Anker, of Rivers, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 360 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 20.

Location:

Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Percival Joseph Anker
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.
  • Bourlon Wood Cemetery Memorial Plaque
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