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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ARMSTRONG

Service Number: 435312
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

50th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

O. III. R. 10.

France

No new info

Photographer: N Cathrew

CAS ID 2759902 PM to CH

Photographer: UKNA

No new info

Photographer: N Cathrew

No new info

Photographer: N Cathrew

No new info

Photographer: N Cathrew

HEADSTONE

Photographer: SIMON HARRISON

CAS ID 2759919

Photographer: UKNA

Headstone

Photographer: Simon Harrison

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

better after clean, inscription discoloured

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC Headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Slightly better after clean

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Barely legible

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Much clearer after clean

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Family grave

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Headstone

Photographer: Simon Harrison

Headstone

Photographer: Simon Harrison

HEADSTONE

Photographer: SIMON HARRISON

HEADSTONE

Photographer: SIMON HARRISON

HEADSTONE

Photographer: SIMON HARRISON

CH in good condition. Cleaned up with water.

Photographer: Bethan May

Damage to left concrete kerb. CH in good condition. Could do with a clean with more than water at the bottom.

Photographer: Bethan May

Family grave, needs weeding

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CH on private grave

Photographer: Selena Hardie

Private memorial, very dark

Photographer: Selena Hardie

CAS ID 2759990 PM to CH

Photographer: UKNA

Family grave

Photographer: Selena Hardie

  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ellen Armstrong, of 12, Theresa St., Blaydon-on-Tyne, England. Native of Matfen, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

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