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Lieutenant FRANCIS PAUL HAMILTON LAYTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

VI. C. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of George Albert and Anna Morton Layton (nee Eaton). Born at Truro, Nova Scotia. A Barrister (Vancouver, British Columbia.).
  • Personal Inscription BORN AT TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA 13TH APRIL 1888 LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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