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Private JOHN W. SPEDDING

Service Number: 163441
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY

II. C. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Hannah Spedding, of 732, Windsor Avenue, Windsor, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS SWEET AND GLORIOUS TO DIE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 321
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