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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Percy Steele

In memory of:

Private Percy Steele

September 15, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

1422

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

4th Field Amb.

Additional Information


Born:

February 3, 1893

Son of Mrs. Emily Steele, of 105, Twenty-third Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 167 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. C. 2.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • War Diary– Image from Library and Archives Canada War Diary of the 4th Canadian Field Ambulance reporting the death of Private Percy Steele. (http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e060/e001498904.jpg)
  • Photo of PERCY STEELE– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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