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Private GEORGE RITCHIE

Service Number: 478681
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Regiment

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 16 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Ritchie. Enlisted April, 1915.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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