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Private THOMAS RICHARD DRINKWATER

Service Number: 715442
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION

II. B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Elizabeth Drinkwater, of 163A, New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Native of Sheffield, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACE BE STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 764
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