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Samuel Robert Wight

In memory of:

Private Samuel Robert Wight

April 2, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

144515

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wight, of Renfrew, Ontario.

Brother of Private William James Wight, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 349 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 STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VII. H. 14.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper Clipping– Renfrew Mercury for Friday, 20 April 1917, page 1.

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