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William Ernest Beers

In memory of:

Lance Corporal William Ernest Beers

May 13, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

481

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

2nd Field Coy.

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 2.

Location:

Neuville-St Vaast is a village 6.5 kilometres north of Arras, a little east of the road from Bethune to Arras. LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY lies to the south-west of the village on the north-west side of the road to the village of Maroeuil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 565 of 724.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bea to Belisle. Mircoform Sequence 7; Volume Number 31829_B016717. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 151. Page 565 of 724.
  • Photo of William Beers– Photo in the book "From the Rideau to the Rhine and back: the 6th Field Company and Battalion Canadian Engineers in the Great War" by K. Weatherbe, published in Toronto in 1928 by Hunter-Rose Co. Ltd.

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    Photo of William Beers
    Photo of William Beers – Photo in the book "From the Rideau to the Rhine and back: the 6th Field Company and Battalion Canadian Engineers in the Great War" by K. Weatherbe, published in Toronto in 1928 by Hunter-Rose Co. Ltd.

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