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Lest We Forget - Guthrie Stuart Colpitts - Killed in Action 100 Years Ago 11.08.1917

Guthrie Stuart Colpitts , 542459 was from  Pleasant Vale, Albert County, New Brunswick and was born December 15, 1894. He was Son of John Arthur McNutt Colpitts and Abigail Charlotte Colpitts. He enlisted with the Winnipeg Divisional Cyclist Depot on january 18, 1917.  He was listed as Killed in Action at while fighting with the 27th Battalion on November 8, 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL , Belgium.

 You can find his complete war records by clicking here.

He is Commemorated on Page 218 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.

A virtual memorial can be found here. 

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