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Private GEORGE SANSOM

Service Number: 1057335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

87th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVII. B. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Emma Sansom, of Blenheim Cottage, Chandler's Ford, Southampton, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

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