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Military service
Service number:
802539
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
87th Bn.
Birth:
March 8, 1897
Detroit
Enlistment:
December 31, 1916
London, Ontario
Death:
August 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Ida Hofmann Raymond of London, Ontario.
Brother of Private Earl Hofmann Raymond, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Digital gallery of Private George Anthony Raymond
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of George Anthony Raymond
Pte George Raymond pictured in the December 1918 edition of the Christmas Echo in London Ontario -- And in the Morning. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Family
Family Photo
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Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
Digital gallery of
Private George Anthony Raymond
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 313 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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