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Private Winfield “Win” Harmon

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Private Winfield “Win” Harmon

Birth
Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, USA
Death
3 May 1917 (aged 34)
France
Burial
Arleux-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Willerval Canadian Cemetery Memorial 36.
Memorial ID
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Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 696220
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Battalion

Married, an engineer by trade, residing on Wood street in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 18 Feb 1916 in Medicine Hat. He embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his regiment on the S. S. 'Saxonia' on 3 Oct 1916, arriving in Liverpool on 13 Oct.

Son of Mrs. Mina Harmon of Portland, Oregon, USA; husband of Mrs. Mary Harmon Agostini of Portland, formerly of Medicine Hat.

Private Winfield Harmon is commemorated on Page 251 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 696220
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Battalion

Married, an engineer by trade, residing on Wood street in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 18 Feb 1916 in Medicine Hat. He embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his regiment on the S. S. 'Saxonia' on 3 Oct 1916, arriving in Liverpool on 13 Oct.

Son of Mrs. Mina Harmon of Portland, Oregon, USA; husband of Mrs. Mary Harmon Agostini of Portland, formerly of Medicine Hat.

Private Winfield Harmon is commemorated on Page 251 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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/56047038/winfield-harmon: accessed ), memorial page for Private Winfield “Win” Harmon (6 Jan 1883–3 May 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56047038, citing Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).