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Louis Curtis

In memory of:

Private Louis Curtis

August 11, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

234916

Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

December 20, 1879
Polperro, Cornwall, England

Son of Harry and Amelia Curtis, of Grimbsy, England; husband of Ann Elizabeth Curtis, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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:

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

III. BB. 9.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

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: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 753 of 890. Originally buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, under the wall of the Asylum near the West side of the Amiens-Dury road. After the Armistice the bodies of the 444 soldiers buried there were exhumed and re-interred in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY.

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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: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 753 of 890. Originally buried in Dury Hospital Military Cemetery, under the wall of the Asylum near the West side of the Amiens-Dury road. After the Armistice the bodies of the 444 soldiers buried there were exhumed and re-interred in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY.
  • Group Photo– Louis Curtis is standing on the left. We do not know who the others are.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Louis Curtis is standing on the left. We do not know who the others are.
  • Photo of Louis Curtis– A photo of Louis Curtis which was sent from Europe while he was over there.

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    Photo of Louis Curtis
    Photo of Louis Curtis – A photo of Louis Curtis which was sent from Europe while he was over there.
  • A studio photo of Louis Curtis

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    A studio photo of Louis Curtis
    A studio photo of Louis Curtis
  • Letter– This is my great-grandfathers last letter home - Front Side. It was sent the day before the battle of Amiens commenced. Anne is his wife. Lou (Louis) and Fred are his sons. I have no idea who Archie was.

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    Letter – This is my great-grandfathers last letter home - Front Side. It was sent the day before the battle of Amiens commenced. Anne is his wife. Lou (Louis) and Fred are his sons. I have no idea who Archie was.
  • Letter– This is my great-grandfathers last letter home - Back Side. It was sent the day before the battle of Amiens commenced. Anne is his wife. Lou (Louis) and Fred are his sons. I have no idea who Archie was.

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    Letter
    Letter – This is my great-grandfathers last letter home - Back Side. It was sent the day before the battle of Amiens commenced. Anne is his wife. Lou (Louis) and Fred are his sons. I have no idea who Archie was.
  • Group Photo– Louis Curtis is standing in the back row, the second from the left. I have no idea who the others might be.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Louis Curtis is standing in the back row, the second from the left. I have no idea who the others might be.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England, 2008.

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