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Sam Roy Garner

In memory of:

Private Sam Roy Garner

December 18, 1917
France

Military Service


Service Number:

790949

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Battalion

Additional Information


Born:

August 6, 1883
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Enlistment:

April 19, 1916
New Westminster, British Columbia

Served under the alias name: Cromarty, Roy, Page 223, First World War Book of Remembrance.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BRUAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

L. 28

Location:

Bruay is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 26 kilometres north-west of Arras. Leave Bruay on the N.41 heading north towards Berck. Turn right where signposts indicate Lews/Calonne Riquart. After 400 metres turn right again, sign Cimetiere Ouest. Continue up the hill past the miner memorial. The cemetery is found after one kilometre on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is in the far right hand corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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