POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY

  • Belgium
  • WW 1
Commemorating 8 Highlanders

The list below excludes any men who have been identified as 15th Battalion but whose identity cannot be determined. 

CHIVAS, Private, EDWIN JOHN, 27051, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 26 April 1915. Son of Mrs. Ann Chivas, of 5816, Loraine Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Grave Ref. II. L. 14.

CUMMING, Private, JOHN DEANS, 27319, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 26 April 1915. Age 18. Son of Robert and Harriett Cumming. Grave Ref. II. K. 24.

FRITH, Private, WALTER JAMES EDWARD, 27716, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died of wounds 26 April 1915. Age 21. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Frith, of 192, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London. Born at Edmonton. Grave Ref. II. K. 5.

JAMIESON, Private, JOHN DONALD, 27361, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 24 April 1915. Age 19. Grave Ref. II. K. 34.

PILKINGTON, Private, ALFRED, 27390, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died of wounds (gas) 25 April 1915. Age 24. Husband of Florence A. Pilkington, of Raglan Mill Lodge, Preston, Lancs., England. Grave Ref. II. L. 20.

SCOTT, Private, F M, 27739, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 26 April 1915. Grave Ref. II. K. 45.

SINCLAIR, Private, H, 27404, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 23 April 1915. Grave Ref. II. L. 47.

WILLIAMS, Corporal, WILLIAM JOHN, 27850, 15th Bn., Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). 26 April 1915. Age 30. Son of Owen and Margaret Williams, of 1, Ruabon Rd., Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales. Grave Ref. II. M. 10.

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