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George Ernest Day

In memory of:

Corporal George Ernest Day

May 9, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

778809

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information

Born:

October 13, 1890
Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario

Son of George and Fannie Denmark Day, of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Commemorated on Page 395 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 9A.

Location:

Sangatte is a village situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and touches the western side of the town of Calais. The Communal Cemetery at Les Baraques lies about 5 kilometres from Sangatte village. LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY is an extension of the Communal Cemetery at its western end.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 147 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 147 of 1036.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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