Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Bela Alonzo Colpitts
In memory of:
Private Bela Alonzo Colpitts
October 30, 1917
Military Service
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Army
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Additional Information
February 24, 1890
Son of Thomas Whitfield Colpitts and Jenny Alma Colpitts, of Forest Glen, New Brunswick.
Brother of Private Cyril Carey Colpitts who died on September 14, 1916, while serving with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment).
Commemorated on Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium
XIX. D. 4.
POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY is located 10 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Brugseweg (N313), a road connecting Ieper to Brugge. Two streets connect Ieper town centre onto the Brugseweg; Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto the Kalfvaartstraat. At the end of Kalfvaartstraat is a large junction on which Brugseweg is the first right hand turning. The cemetery itself lies 10 Km along the Brugseweg on the right hand side of the road after passing through the village of Poelcapelle (now Poelkapelle).
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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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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