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Dempster Wishart Howes

In memory of:

Private Dempster Wishart Howes

September 27, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

1015087

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn

Additional Information


Born:

August 10, 1887
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

March 5, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of John George Howes and Annie Mary Wishart of Patricia, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 432 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION)
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

C. 5.

Location:

Marquion is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai. QUARRY CEMETERY (MARQUION) is about 1 kilometre south east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Inscription– Cenotaph at Fort Langley, BC 

Photo courtesy of Abby Chan
  • Attestation Papers (Reverse)
  • Attestation Papers

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