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Earl Grahames Welsh

In memory of:

Corporal Earl Grahames Welsh

October 26, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

126001

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

11th Coy.

Additional Information

Son of Peter A. and Dell G. Welsh, of California, U.S.A.

Commemorated on Page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. D. 14.

Location:

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.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Earl on right. In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London

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    Newspaper clipping – Earl on right. In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London

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