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Private W HANDLEY

Service Number: 418240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY

VIII. E. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Emily Handley of Sheffield, England, husband of W.Handley, of 1257, Claude St, Verdun, Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 908
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