Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Frederick Wakeman
In memory of:
Gunner William Frederick Wakeman
October 19, 1916
Military Service
302993
Army
Canadian Garrison Artillery
107th Siege Bty.
Additional Information
April 15, 1883
Commemorated on Page 177 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY
Somme, France
C. 31.
Fricourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, about 5 kilometres east of Albert; Peake Wood was the name given by the Army to a copse on the south-east side of the road to Contalmaison. The PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY is on the north-west side of the road almost opposite the copse, about one kilometre from Contalmaison and 7 kilometres from Albert Railway Station.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – On our first visit to France, we stopped at the Peake Wood Cemetery during our drive between the Le Quesnel Memorial and Arras. W.F. Wakeman was the lone Canadian there, so I took a picture. The original picture includes his neighbour, R.J MacKinnon a driver with Royal Field Artillery.
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