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Hubert Maurice Bolam

In memory of:

Private Hubert Maurice Bolam

September 29, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

687039

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 22, 1899
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

Son of Joseph Frazer Bolam and Mary E. Bolam, of New England Rooms, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANTIMPRE CANADIAN CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

D. 34.

Location:

The route to the Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery is signposted from the D939 at Raillencourt and is located 1 kilometre north of Sailly on the D140 on the left hand side of the road towards Sancourt. Sailly is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres north-west of Cambrai just to the north of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing Northward through Sailly to the West of Cantimpre and the East of the village of Haynecourt. The Cemetery at Cantimpre was originally called the Marcoing Line British Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Hubert Maurice Bolam– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Hubert Maurice Bolam – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of Hubert Maurice Bolam – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Honour roll – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Medal – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • War Memorial– Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.

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    War Memorial
    War Memorial – Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.

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