Search results for Villers Station Cemetery.

13 January 1917: A/Cpl Francis Howard Bell

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The son of Thomas Burice Bell (a commercial traveller selling rice and spices) and Elizabeth. At the 1901 Census young Francis (he was 6) was at home with his parents, older siblings (ages 3 to 18) and a 26 year old governess.  In 1911, now 16, Francis was working as an apprentice greengrocer. At the time he was still living with his family at …


20 January 1917: Pte Raymond William Combs

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Son of Jonathan B. and Anna Sparks Combs. Living in Zionsville, Boone County, Ind., when Raymond enlisted in U.S. Regular Army December 23, 1915, Jefferson Barracks, Mo before being sent to Ft Ward, Washington. He then enlisted into the Canadian Army on 18 April 1916 (claiming no prior military service other than service in the Canadian Militia!).…