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Private GEORGE R. SAMMS

Service Number: 1988
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Newfoundland Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. H. 3A.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Samms, of Bay of Islands, Newfoundland.
  • Personal Inscription FOREVER WITH THE LORD SO LET IT BE. O BLESSED, HAPPY DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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