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Francis Milthorp Whitlow

In memory of:

Captain Francis Milthorp Whitlow

August 10, 1918

Military Service


Age:

41

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Honours and Awards:

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information


Son of John and Frances Henrietta Whitlow, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Husband of Elizabeth Mathilde Whitlow (nee Durham), of Usk, Skeena River, British Columbia.

Served in the South African Campaign (Mentioned in Despatches).

Commemorated on Page 522 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:

III. C. 65.

Location:

Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 12, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y267uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Memorial– War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia.  Dedicated by Lord Byng on  May 24th, 1922.   Inscribed:  ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT.
  • Inscription– Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield of England

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