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Wingham Memorial Cannon

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Municipality/Province: Wingham, ON

Memorial number: 35033-018

Type: Weapon

Address: 183 Victoria Street West

Location: In front of the Legion

GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.8868747   Long: -81.3188991

Submitted by: Keith Toye

This memorial is a German field artillery piece, a 77-mm gun, captured by the 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the Battle of Drocourt-Queant on 2 August 1918. It was given to the town of Wingham as part of the post-First World War trophy redistribution program.


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