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Russell Cushman

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Russell Cushman

September 28, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

489773

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

May 6, 1885

Son of Joseph and Catherine Cushman, of 363 Grey St., London, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 393 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CANADA CEMETERY (Tilloy-les-Cambrai)
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. A. 23.

Location:

Tilloy-les-Cambrai is a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai. Follow the N30 (Cambrai Ring Road) from Cambrai to its junction with the Tilloy-les-Cambrai road, the D49, just after the junction of the N30 and the N43 (Douai road). Follow the D49 for approximately 2.2 kilometres, crossing the bridge over the motorway, to a side road on the west-south-west (left) side. The Canada Cemetery lies 200 metres away at the end of the side road. Tilloy was captured by the Canadian Corps about the 1st October, 1918, in the face of strong opposition, and the cemetery was made by their Burial Officer on the 13th October. It is enclosed by a brick wall, and sheltered from the road by a row of willows; and a maple tree is planted at the South-East corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of RUSSELL CUSHMAN– L Cpl Russell Cushman as pictured in the December 1918 editon of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning

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    Photo of RUSSELL CUSHMAN – L Cpl Russell Cushman as pictured in the December 1918 editon of The Christmas Echo published in London Ontario -- And in the Morning
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Russell Cushman– Cushman, Joseph - Lance Corporal, PPCLI 489773 (source may be PPCLI archives).

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    Photo of Russell Cushman – Cushman, Joseph - Lance Corporal, PPCLI 489773 (source may be PPCLI archives).
  • Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-des-Cambrai– Full view of the Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-des-Cambrai, France, with neighbouring landscape.

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    Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-des-Cambrai
    Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-des-Cambrai – Full view of the Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-des-Cambrai, France, with neighbouring landscape.
  • Entrance to the Canada Cemetery

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    Entrance to the Canada Cemetery
    Entrance to the Canada Cemetery
  • Entrance Gate

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    Entrance Gate
  • Dedication

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    Dedication
    Dedication
  • Grave marker– Lance Corporal Russel Cushman Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Lance Corporal Russel Cushman Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

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