When Laurence Edwin Earl Snelgrove was born on 1 March 1913, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Henry Snelgrove, was 34 and his mother, Olive Bertha Gibson, was 32. He lived in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He died on 28 August 1944, in Calvados, France, at the age of 31, and was buried in London Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
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On July 31, 1914 French socialist leader, Jean Jaurés was murdered. A few days later Germany starts plans to invade France. Britain then started to occupy France. The battles that took place in France were First Battle of the Marne, Gallipoli, Jutland, Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme, and the Brusilov Offensive. 25 percent of the allied military deaths that happened in World War I were from France. Between civilian and military deaths France lost 1,697,800 people and 4,266,000 were wounded.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris to formally end WWI. It established Peace between the allied forces and set guidelines for Germany.
Chamonix, France hosts Winter Olympic Games.
English (Wiltshire and Hampshire): variant of Snelgar, from the Middle English personal name Snelgar (Old English Snelgār, from snel ‘quick, brisk’ + gār ‘spear’).
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