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Personal data

• Name RAMSAY
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Glasgow
• Country Scotland, United Kingdom
• Family Son of William and Marion Ramsay, of Cardale, Manitoba. Enlisted Aug., 1914, at Rapid City, Manitoba.
• Profession Boilermaker

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 23 September 1914, Valcartier, Québec
• Service number 12757
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Western Canada (Saskatchewan) Cavalry "A" Coy.
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Canadian Division
• National force C.E.F.

Death

• Wounded He went with the Pioneer Sergeant to a cemetery close behind the front line trenches to erect crosses on the graves of some of the men buried there. They completed the work and were just returning to Battalion Headquarters when Pte. Ramsay was hit by a bullet.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wound in the head, at n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 25 June 1916
• Died at the age of 34
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - B - 17

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