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Military service
Service number:
20889
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
June 9, 1885
Enlistment:
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
May 21, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charlotte E. Darley, of Carrick-on Shannon, Ireland, and the late Capt. Henry S. Darley.
Digital gallery of Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
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Roll of Honour
Pte. Cecil Bradshaw Darley's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a clerk. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Dack to Dabate. Microform Sequence 26; Volume Number 31829_B016735. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 170. Page 445 of 1140. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Bradshaw Darley
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