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Military service
Service number:
47969
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
March 1, 1894
Death:
March 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. G. 20.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Alice Underwood, of Wigan, England.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Should patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 17th Bn (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Underwood was originally a member of the 17th Bn before his transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 37th Bn. Lance Sergeant Underwood enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt(ret’d) Victor Goldman 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Edward Underwood, Hersin Communal Cemetery, France Photo by Ken Riley -
Inscription
Epitaph for Edward Underwood, "Fought the good fight and is worthy of everlasting love", Hersin Communal Cemetery, France Photo by Ken Riley -
Cemetery
Edward Underwood and comrades, Hersin Communal Cemetery, France Photo by Ken Riley -
War Memorial
First World War Fallen, Cenotaph, Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley -
War Memorial
Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario. Photo by Ken Riley -
War Memorial
-"Algonquin Regiment" Army Cadets Standing Guard, Cenotaph, Major Edward J Holland VC Memorial Park, Cobalt Ontario, Nov 11 2014. Photo by Laura Landers -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Edward Underwood
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Edward Underwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Hersin is a village about 5 kilometres south of Bethune and about 2 kilometres west of the main road from Bethune to Arras. The HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and Extension lies to the north-east of the village.
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