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Private W R ERSKINE

Service Number: 696786
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS

I. C. 3/5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Janet Erskine; husband of Helen L. Erskine, of Grande Prairie, Alberta. Native of London, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 508
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