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Military service
Service number:
10907
Age:
27
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
December 19, 1890
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 43.
Additional information
Son of William Edward and Alice Goodyear. His father Pioneer William Edward Goodyear, died on April 12, 1917, while serving with the Royal Engineers, 11th Labour Bn.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Edward Goodyear
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of William Edward Goodyear
Photo from Martyn Cruickshank. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
A group photo of 4th Battalion men depicting William Edward Goodyear in the front. He died for the cause of freedom and 100+ years still hasn’t diminished his glory. You are not forgotten. Image was purchased by Andrew Webb-Trezzi in 2020. -
Reverse side of Photo
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Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Corporal William Edward Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Edward Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Edward Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Edward Goodyear
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Edward Goodyear
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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