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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Patton Sherman

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Patton Sherman

April 30, 1917

Military Service


Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Additional Information


Commemorated on Page 581 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. D. 18.

Location:

Flesquieres is a village at the junction of the D92 and D89 roads, about 5 kilometres south-west of the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume. The FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY lies a little east of the village on the south (right) side of the D92 road to Cantaing.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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
  • 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
  • Newspaper Clipping– From a newspaper (Montreal or Abbotsford, Quebec) clipping in my Great Grandmother's (Clara Fisk) cookbook. Second Lieutenant Patton Sherman. Reported Missing April 10th, 1917.  Buried at: Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, France, 30 miles from Vimy Ridge. Would seem logical he was involved in the Vimy Ridge battle. He was in the 10th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and they list him as deceased April 30th, 2017.

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