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Military service
Service number:
189987
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
May 25, 1891
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Hannah E. Hefford, of London, England; husband of Mary Granger (formerly Hefford), of Union, Ontario.
Father of Private George Cole Hefford, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Regiment.
Digital gallery of Private George Cole Hefford
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Inscription
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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Circumstances of death registers
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Private George Cole Hefford
Digital gallery of
Private George Cole Hefford
Digital gallery of
Private George Cole Hefford
Digital gallery of
Private George Cole Hefford
Digital gallery of
Private George Cole Hefford
Digital gallery of
Private George Cole Hefford
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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