Newfoundland Regiment
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L. Cpl. Maurice Comor who was buried with full Military Honours
on the 7th of December 1917.
Maurice Comor was born in Blackpool in 1894.
His parents were Henry and Anna Comor and the family lived on Brighton Parade, close to the Metropole Hotel.
Both were well-known members of the United Hebrew Congregation where Henry Comor was Treasurer.
It's believed the family were Refugees who had fled the horrific persecution of Jewish communities in Russia and Eastern Europe during the latter years of the 19th Century.
Henry and Anna Comor were contented enough to remain in Blackpool where the Jewish community was settled and flourishing.
But their son Maurice - in common with many other Refugees - was keen to join other members of the Comor family who were already happily settled in Canada and the USA.
Shortly after arriving in Newfoundland, Maurice Comor joined the Newfoundland Regiment which was on the point of being sent to join the Gallipoli Campaign and assist Anzac and British Forces.
The fighting there was intense and massive numbers of Anzac and allied troops were killed or seriously injured. Somehow Maurice Comor managed to survive - however even worse was to follow.
The Newfoundlanders were sent on to the Battle of the Somme where Maurice Comor was seriously injured during the Campaign to retake Guedecourt.
Repatriated to the U.K. in October 1917, L.Cpl. Maurice Comor died on the 5th of December 1917 in the Stockport Military Hospital.
On the day of his funeral, a Military Procession accompanied the hearse to the Jewish Cemetery along Westcliffe Drive Layton.
Prior to the inhumation, Rev. Daniel Caplan, whose grave is also in the Cemetery, read a eulogy following which L. Cpl. Comor was buried with Full Military Honours.
Contributor: Rita (49423073)
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L. Cpl. Maurice Comor who was buried with full Military Honours
on the 7th of December 1917.
Maurice Comor was born in Blackpool in 1894.
His parents were Henry and Anna Comor and the family lived on Brighton Parade, close to the Metropole Hotel.
Both were well-known members of the United Hebrew Congregation where Henry Comor was Treasurer.
It's believed the family were Refugees who had fled the horrific persecution of Jewish communities in Russia and Eastern Europe during the latter years of the 19th Century.
Henry and Anna Comor were contented enough to remain in Blackpool where the Jewish community was settled and flourishing.
But their son Maurice - in common with many other Refugees - was keen to join other members of the Comor family who were already happily settled in Canada and the USA.
Shortly after arriving in Newfoundland, Maurice Comor joined the Newfoundland Regiment which was on the point of being sent to join the Gallipoli Campaign and assist Anzac and British Forces.
The fighting there was intense and massive numbers of Anzac and allied troops were killed or seriously injured. Somehow Maurice Comor managed to survive - however even worse was to follow.
The Newfoundlanders were sent on to the Battle of the Somme where Maurice Comor was seriously injured during the Campaign to retake Guedecourt.
Repatriated to the U.K. in October 1917, L.Cpl. Maurice Comor died on the 5th of December 1917 in the Stockport Military Hospital.
On the day of his funeral, a Military Procession accompanied the hearse to the Jewish Cemetery along Westcliffe Drive Layton.
Prior to the inhumation, Rev. Daniel Caplan, whose grave is also in the Cemetery, read a eulogy following which L. Cpl. Comor was buried with Full Military Honours.
Contributor: Rita (49423073)
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Newfoundland Regiment
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L. Cpl. Maurice Comor who was buried with full Military Honours
on the 7th of December 1917.
Maurice Comor was born in Blackpool in 1894.
His parents were Henry and Anna Comor and the family lived on Brighton Parade, close to the Metropole Hotel.
Both were well-known members of the United Hebrew Congregation where Henry Comor was Treasurer.
It's believed the family were Refugees who had fled the horrific persecution of Jewish communities in Russia and Eastern Europe during the latter years of the 19th Century.
Henry and Anna Comor were contented enough to remain in Blackpool where the Jewish community was settled and flourishing.
But their son Maurice - in common with many other Refugees - was keen to join other members of the Comor family who were already happily settled in Canada and the USA.
Shortly after arriving in Newfoundland, Maurice Comor joined the Newfoundland Regiment which was on the point of being sent to join the Gallipoli Campaign and assist Anzac and British Forces.
The fighting there was intense and massive numbers of Anzac and allied troops were killed or seriously injured. Somehow Maurice Comor managed to survive - however even worse was to follow.
The Newfoundlanders were sent on to the Battle of the Somme where Maurice Comor was seriously injured during the Campaign to retake Guedecourt.
Repatriated to the U.K. in October 1917, L.Cpl. Maurice Comor died on the 5th of December 1917 in the Stockport Military Hospital.
On the day of his funeral, a Military Procession accompanied the hearse to the Jewish Cemetery along Westcliffe Drive Layton.
Prior to the inhumation, Rev. Daniel Caplan, whose grave is also in the Cemetery, read a eulogy following which L. Cpl. Comor was buried with Full Military Honours.
Contributor: Rita (49423073)
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L. Cpl. Maurice Comor who was buried with full Military Honours
on the 7th of December 1917.
Maurice Comor was born in Blackpool in 1894.
His parents were Henry and Anna Comor and the family lived on Brighton Parade, close to the Metropole Hotel.
Both were well-known members of the United Hebrew Congregation where Henry Comor was Treasurer.
It's believed the family were Refugees who had fled the horrific persecution of Jewish communities in Russia and Eastern Europe during the latter years of the 19th Century.
Henry and Anna Comor were contented enough to remain in Blackpool where the Jewish community was settled and flourishing.
But their son Maurice - in common with many other Refugees - was keen to join other members of the Comor family who were already happily settled in Canada and the USA.
Shortly after arriving in Newfoundland, Maurice Comor joined the Newfoundland Regiment which was on the point of being sent to join the Gallipoli Campaign and assist Anzac and British Forces.
The fighting there was intense and massive numbers of Anzac and allied troops were killed or seriously injured. Somehow Maurice Comor managed to survive - however even worse was to follow.
The Newfoundlanders were sent on to the Battle of the Somme where Maurice Comor was seriously injured during the Campaign to retake Guedecourt.
Repatriated to the U.K. in October 1917, L.Cpl. Maurice Comor died on the 5th of December 1917 in the Stockport Military Hospital.
On the day of his funeral, a Military Procession accompanied the hearse to the Jewish Cemetery along Westcliffe Drive Layton.
Prior to the inhumation, Rev. Daniel Caplan, whose grave is also in the Cemetery, read a eulogy following which L. Cpl. Comor was buried with Full Military Honours.
Contributor: Rita (49423073)
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