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Lance Corporal WILLIAM CHARLES APPLETON

Service Number: 138517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

75th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

O. II. N. 8.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

Headstone

Photographer: Doug Mitchell

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

cleaned and cleared

Photographer: Gavin Burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy. PM that is out of plum - you will see that there is also another headstone that is close to collapsing close to it.

Photographer: gavin burns

cleaned and cleared

Photographer: Gavin Burns

cleaned and cleared

Photographer: Gavin Burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

lack of available water - will be returning this week with a solution. All graves brushed, cleared and made generally more tidy.

Photographer: gavin burns

cleaned and cleared

Photographer: Gavin Burns

PM which is in good condition - not muh required - gave it a sweep. Ground is grass, so didn't clear too much.

Photographer: gavin burns

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

CAS ID 2759884

Photographer: UKNA

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

Headstone

Photographer: Michelle May

No new info

Photographer: N Cathrew

No new info Noted to clean

Photographer: N Cathrew

  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Maria Appleton, of 32, Keystone Avenue, Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS SAITH "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU"
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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