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Alexander Wilson Milligan

In memory of:

Lieutenant Alexander Wilson Milligan

September 2, 1918
France

Military Service

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Mentioned in Despatches

Additional Information

Born:

April 5, 1890
Victoria, British Columbia

Enlistment:

September 25, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Thomas Stamper and Sarah Hope (nee Paton) Milligan, of Victoria, British Columbia. Brother of John, Charles and Lieutenant George Berry Milligan, MC, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action on 24 March 1918.

Commemorated on Page 471 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

A. 21.

Location:

Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt and UPTON WOOD CEMETERY is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of March 25, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y90uvic#mode/1up

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 11, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y239uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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