Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gaston Hugo
In memory of:
Private Gaston Hugo
September 18, 1916
Military Service
110256
19
Army
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Additional Information
November 4, 1896
Sherbrooke, Quebec
March 11, 1915
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Son of Joseph and Camille Turgeon Hugo, of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 106 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France
I. C. 29.
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – La Presse - 7 October 1916 -
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Sherbrooke Monument – Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names.
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