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Lieutenant GEORGE KESTEVEN KORTRIGHT WILGRESS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

I. N. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Trollope Wilgress and Meta Carleton Wilgress, of Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Born at Clarksburg, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 621
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