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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
"C" Coy. 3rd Bn.
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C. 3.
Additional information
Son of George Thairs, of Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario.
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Edward Fox Thairs (1895-1918) was killed on August 8, 1918 while serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion.<P> He was the son of LCol George F. Thairs and Mrs. Thairs, St. Catharines, Ontario.<P> He attended Ridley College, St. Catharines, 1904-1912. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Lieutenant Edward Fox Thairs
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Lieutenant Edward Fox Thairs
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Commemorated on:
Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO CEMETERY Somme, France
Demuin is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce to the east of Domart. TORONTO CEMETERY is 2 kilometres north of Demuin village, in the fields.
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