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Military service
Service number:
669763
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
April 19, 1892
Lancashire, England
Enlistment:
February 14, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 22.
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Schofield, Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary Ellen Schofield of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Pte John Schofield, 3rd Battalion, killed in action August 11, 1918.
Digital gallery of Private William Schofield
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. William Schofield enlisted in the 83rd Battalion C.E.F. in Toronto on February 14th, 1916. His brother John Schofield, 669762, enlisted with him on the same day. -
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News clipping from The Star Weekly - July 15, 1916. The article details the war contributions of the five Schofield brothers of Toronto. -
Grave Marker
Headstone of William Schofield in Adanac Cemetery, France. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
Digital gallery of
Private William Schofield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 159 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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