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Édouard Derue

In memory of:

Private Édouard Derue

October 16, 1918
Boisleux-au-Mont, France

Military Service

Service Number:

660937

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

July 11, 1889
Montréal, Quebec

Enlistment:

April 13, 1916
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Philias-Édouard Derue and Mélina Massé, of Montréal, Québec. He stated being born in 1888 when he enlisted.

He was severely wounded to the buttock on 12 October, while the 22nd Battalion was moving from Escaudoeuvres to East of Tilloy, and he was evacuated the same day to No 33 Casualty clearing station in Boisleux-au-Mont. He died there of his wounds four days later.

Commemorated on Page 396 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. G. 32.

Location:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.

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 905 of 1036.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    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 905 of 1036.
  • Newspaper clipping– La Presse November 2, 1918

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    Newspaper clipping – La Presse November 2, 1918
  • Grave marker– Grave marker

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