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Alexander Shand Abercromby

In memory of:

Bombardier Alexander Shand Abercromby

August 21, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

90953

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

9th Brigade

Additional Information


Son of Helen Abercromby, of 57, Union Grove, Aberdeen, Scotland, and the late Alexander M. Abercromby.

Commemorated on Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

II. D. 43.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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