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Military service
Service number:
802019
Age:
36
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
November 30, 1880
Death:
July 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Thomas Doughty, of Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffs; husband of Annie Elizabeth Doughty, of 9, Victoria St., Cannock, Staffs, England.
Digital gallery of Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 135th Bn (Middlesex). Private Doughty was a member of the 135th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 427 of 1076. -
Photo of Edward Richard Doughty
The December 1918 edition of The Christmas Echo shows Doughty as Sergeant E R Doughty of the 125th Btn -- And in the Morning. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
Digital gallery of
Corporal Edward Richard Doughty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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