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Cecil Willibrod Primeau

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Cecil Willibrod Primeau

October 27, 1917

Military Service


Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

General List and 70th Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Alfred and Mary McCabe Primeau.

Commemorated on Page 580 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of December 13, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59by317uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Memorial– Picture of the Arras Flying Services Memorial during September 2017.
  • Memorial– Photograph of the Arras Flying Services Memorial during September 2017. Note that Cecil Willibrod Primeau's name is carved under the R.F.C. portion of the memorial and not under the portion representing Canada. May he rest in peace.
  • Inscription– Photograph of the Arras Flying Services Memorial during September 2017.

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