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Military service
Service number:
77713
Age:
37
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
April 6, 1879
England
Enlistment:
November 9, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 22, 1916
Orpington, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 541.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Mary Fawcett Greenfield, of London, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Greenfield
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Toronto Star for 25 April 1916. -
Attestation Paper
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Attestation Paper (page 2)
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Badge
Cap Badge 30th Bn (British Columbia). Private Greenfield was originally a member of the 30th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 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). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Grave Marker submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of April 25, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12209190/Daily-Telegraph-April-25-1916.html
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Greenfield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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