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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Death:
June 14, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 2.
Additional information
Son of George Edward and Margaret Ann Spurr, of Torbrook Mines, Annapolis Co. Husband of Ethel Heath Spurr, of Middleton, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edgar Smith Spurr
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Photo de Edgar Spurr
"He was a born leader of men, who helped to make trench life bearable. He used to come to our outpost at night and talk about home; his family, and his apple orchard in the [Annapolis] Valley."--Pvt. Harrison Livingstone [716207] -
Pierre tombale
Lt Edgar Smith Spurr MC 15 August 2019 Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group CEFRG https://cefrg.ca -
Coupure de presse
From the Halifax Evening Mail December 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Edgar Smith Spurr
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edgar Smith Spurr
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edgar Smith Spurr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 505 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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