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Norman Everett Planche

In memory of:

Private Norman Everett Planche

May 21, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

25993

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

14th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mrs. L. F. Charbonnel (formerly Planche, nee Taylor), of Cookshire, Quebec, and the late Henry A. Planche. Volunteered, Aug., 1914, with 1st Canadian Contingent. English:

Digitized service file.

French:

Dossier de service numérisé.

Commemorated on Page 32 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. C. 31.

Location:

Bethune is located 29 kilometres north of Arras. The BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of Bethune near the junction of the River Lawe and the Aire la Bassee Canal. From the town centre turn right in front of the Tribunal and second right at the bottom of the road down to the cul de sac.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Norman Planche– (From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Norman E. Planche, enlisted August 10th 1914, in the 14th Battalion, Royal Montrela Regiment, as a private. He went into training with the rest of the First Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier. In November he sailed for England and was training at Salisbury Plain until February 1915 when he landed in France. Norman went through the first battle of Ypres and the battle of Langemark. In the battle of Festubert, May 20th 1915, he was killed in action. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Bethune, France.

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    Photo of Norman Planche
    Photo of Norman Planche – (From Stanstead College Yearbook, July 1919) Norman E. Planche, enlisted August 10th 1914, in the 14th Battalion, Royal Montrela Regiment, as a private. He went into training with the rest of the First Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier. In November he sailed for England and was training at Salisbury Plain until February 1915 when he landed in France. Norman went through the first battle of Ypres and the battle of Langemark. In the battle of Festubert, May 20th 1915, he was killed in action. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at Bethune, France.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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