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Francis Lorne Connelly

In memory of:

Gunner Francis Lorne Connelly

June 3, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

344858

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

4th Brigade

Additional Information

Born:

October 14, 1894

Enlistment:

August 31, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Edward and Annie Connelly. Brother of Percival Aloysius, Joseph Russell, Francis Lionel, Wilfred, Harold and Lance Connelly. As children, all six brothers shared the same address at MacLaren St, in Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Julia M. A. Connelly, of Plymouth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 219 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. C. 17.

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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  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1313 of 1384.

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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: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 1313 of 1384.
  • La Targette British Cemetery– La Targette British Cemetery, formerly known as Aux-Rietz Military Cemetery, was begun at the end of April 1917 and used by field ambulances and fighting units until September 1918. Nearly a third of the graves have an artillery connection; in March-April 1917, the artillery of the 2nd Canadian and 5th Divisions, and certain heavy artillery units, had their headquarters in a deep cave at Aux-Rietz. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

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    La Targette British Cemetery
    La Targette British Cemetery – La Targette British Cemetery, formerly known as Aux-Rietz Military Cemetery, was begun at the end of April 1917 and used by field ambulances and fighting units until September 1918. Nearly a third of the graves have an artillery connection; in March-April 1917, the artillery of the 2nd Canadian and 5th Divisions, and certain heavy artillery units, had their headquarters in a deep cave at Aux-Rietz. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

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