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Francis Edward Morkill

In memory of:

Captain Francis Edward Morkill

September 15, 1916

Military Service

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Mr. W. L. and Mary Josephine Morkill, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 138 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 13.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Francis Edward Morkill

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of FRANCIS EDWARD MORKILL– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of FRANCIS EDWARD MORKILL – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Biography– Superb studio photograph of Captain Francis Edward Morkill killed at Courcelette on September 15, 1916.

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    Biography – Superb studio photograph of Captain Francis Edward Morkill killed at Courcelette on September 15, 1916.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Newspaper Clipping

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  • Photo of Francis Edward Morkill– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.

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    Photo of Francis Edward Morkill – From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Photo of Francis Morkill– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Francis Morkill – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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