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Private Wilfred Joseph Collin

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Private Wilfred Joseph Collin

Birth
Carmangay, Strathmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death
3 May 1917 (aged 19)
France
Burial
Arleux-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Willerval Canadian Cemetery Memorial 39.
Memorial ID
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Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 808994
Age: 19
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Battalion

A printer by trade and residing in Carmangay, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 14 March 1916 in Calgary, Alberta.

Son of Mrs. L.C. Collin of Carmangay.

Private Wilfred Joseph Collin is commemorated on Page 218 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 808994
Age: 19
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Battalion

A printer by trade and residing in Carmangay, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 14 March 1916 in Calgary, Alberta.

Son of Mrs. L.C. Collin of Carmangay.

Private Wilfred Joseph Collin is commemorated on Page 218 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

Inscription

Epitaph...
TO THE MEMORY OF
THESE 25 SOLDIERS
OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
KILLED IN ACTION IN
1917 AND BURIED AT THE
TIME IN WILLERVAL,
CANADIAN CEMETERY,
WHOSE GRAVES WERE
DESTROYED IN LATER
BATTLES.
"THEIR GLORY
SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT."


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  • Maintained by: SJB Hearn
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56046883/wilfred_joseph-collin: accessed ), memorial page for Private Wilfred Joseph Collin (3 Feb 1898–3 May 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56046883, citing Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).