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Private ORLEY S. PRIESTLY

Service Number: 138375
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Pioneers

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VIII. C. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Ellen Priestly; husband of Annie M. Priestly, of 9, Glanville Avenue, Wychwood, Toronto.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MORN HIS LOVING FACE SHALL SMILE WHICH I HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE AND LOST AWHILE. WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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