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Military service
Service number:
7115
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
September 21, 1895
Enlistment:
Preston, Ontario
Death:
May 7, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 2.
Additional information
Son of William and Bridget Adams of Preston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Frederick Adams
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Biography
From the book " The Roll of Honour" by The Marquis De Ruvigny. -
Preston War Memorial
Preston Ontario Cenotaph. Dedicated November 8, 1926. The names of Preston soldiers killed in the Second World War were added in 1949. Inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PRESTON WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Frederick Adams
Digital gallery of
Private William Frederick Adams
Digital gallery of
Private William Frederick Adams
Digital gallery of
Private William Frederick Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 3 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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