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Military service
Service number:
12700
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
5th Bn.
Birth:
September 15, 1890
Kent, England
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Daynes, of Maidstone, Kent, England. Brother of Elizabeth Daynes of London, England, George Daynes of Wicklow, Ireland and Matthew Daynes of Faversham, England.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Daynes
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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)
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Private William Daynes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 11 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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