Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alexander White
In memory of:
Private Alexander White
September 29, 1918
Military Service
1030996
36
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
42nd Bn.
British War Medal and Victory Medal
Additional Information
November 28, 1881
Noel Bay, Hants County, Nova Scotia
June 26, 1917
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Son of Alexander White of Edinburgh, Scotland. Husband of Grace White and father of Alexander of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Commemorated on Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CANTIMPRE CANADIAN CEMETERY
Nord, France
E. 16.
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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