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Frederick Driver

In memory of:

Sergeant Frederick Driver

April 9, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

47084

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

"A Coy., 78th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Driver, of 245, Semple Ave., West Kildonan, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

2.C. 12.

Location:

The CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2 is about 2.5 kilometres north of the village of Neuville-St. Vaast. The village is about 6 kilometres north of Arras and 1 kilometre east of the main road from Arras to Bethune. The cemetery is on a spur road turning left from the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle, about 1 kilometre south of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 973 of 1076. His grave was located ½ mile South South West of Givenchy-en-Gohelle/4 miles South West of Lens. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2.

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    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 973 of 1076. His grave was located ½ mile South South West of Givenchy-en-Gohelle/4 miles South West of Lens. After the Armistice his body was exhumed and buried in CANADIAN CEMETERY No. 2.
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