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William James Anticknap

In memory of:

Private William James Anticknap

June 16, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

727671

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 20, 1894
Crosshill, Waterloo, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 13, 1916
Listowel, Ontario

Son of James and Mary Jane Anticknap, of Atwood, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 192 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

NOEUX-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 3.

Location:

Noeux-les-Mines is a town 6 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the town, on the south-east side of the road to Labourse.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of WILLIAM JAMES ANTICKNAP– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of William James Anticknap

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