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William Keith Dickson

In memory of:

Private William Keith Dickson

May 6, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

17216

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

7th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 23, 1895

Son of William and Kate Dickson, of Beaver Creek, Alberni, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 12 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 11.

Location:

The cemetery is located 10 kilometres south of Kassel and 2 kilometres from the main road from Kassel to Marburg. Approach Kassel on the A49 motorway leaving at junction Kassel Niederzwehren, which forms the Frankfurter Strasse. The first right hand turning leads into the Dittershauser Strasse. Continue on this road which becomes a narrow road at the bend. Follow the bend to the right, where the cemetery is clearly signposted, which leads to a small crossroads. Turn left at the crossroads where Niederzwehren Cemetery becomes visible from the roadside. The Commonwealth plots now form a separate cemetery lying beside the Russian cemetery.

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: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 433 of 1084. He was “buried by the enemy” at Hofgeismar, Friedhof, Gesundbrunnen. In 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries, and Niederzwehren was one of those chosen.

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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: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 433 of 1084. He was “buried by the enemy” at Hofgeismar, Friedhof, Gesundbrunnen. In 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries, and Niederzwehren was one of those chosen.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Journal June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Journal June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Journal June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Journal June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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