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Military service
Service number:
760945
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
December 25, 1898
Steveston, British Columbia
Enlistment:
January 24, 1916
New Westminster, British Columbia
Death:
April 14, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. G. 15A.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Esther Corkill Williams, of Steveston, Richmond, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Williams
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Photo of Edward Williams
Private Edward Williams, of Squamish First Nation descent, born in Steveston, BC. Beloved brother of Violet Wilson (nee Williams). Commemorated on the Richmond Cenotaph and in the naming of Williams Road in Richmond. Died in the battle of Vimy Ridge. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Edward Williams
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Williams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 350 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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