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Military service
Service number:
681538
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 26, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Charles and Mary Currell, of Swanbourne, Bucks, England; husband of Louise S. Currell, of 12, Westport Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private William George Currell
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿. -
Close up of Sons of England War Memorial
William George Currell's name is included on the SOE War Memorial. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 567 of 890.
Digital gallery of
Private William George Currell
Digital gallery of
Private William George Currell
Digital gallery of
Private William George Currell
Digital gallery of
Private William George Currell
Digital gallery of
Private William George Currell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 224 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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