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Private WILLIAM ERNEST COLLINS

Service Number: 425679
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

V. D. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Husband of Clara Collins, of 208, Pacific Avenue (Suite 3), Winnipeg.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY HIS HEART SO TRUE & BRAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME HE GAVE INSERTED BY HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1337
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