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Son of James and Eliza Ann Maxwell, of New Lowell Ont.
Digital gallery of Private William Maxwell
Digital gallery of
Private William Maxwell
The grave of Private Maxwell (right foreground), next to his family's monument (left foreground), in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Collingwood Street, Creemore, Ontario. (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
Digital gallery of
Private William Maxwell
Commonwealth War Graves Commission marker at the grave of Private Maxwell in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Creemore, Ontario. A personal inscription near the bottom of the stone reads: "WORDS CANNOT TELL, DEAR SON, THE BITTER COST OF WAR". Private Maxwell died of influenza. (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
Digital gallery of
Private William Maxwell
Private Maxwell is also commemorated on this family monument in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Creemore, Ontario. (This image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
Image gallery
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The grave of Private Maxwell (right foreground), next to his family's monument (left foreground), in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Collingwood Street, Creemore, Ontario. (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission marker at the grave of Private Maxwell in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Creemore, Ontario. A personal inscription near the bottom of the stone reads: "WORDS CANNOT TELL, DEAR SON, THE BITTER COST OF WAR". Private Maxwell died of influenza. (This image was taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
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Private Maxwell is also commemorated on this family monument in the Creemore Union Cemetery, Creemore, Ontario. (This image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2012. It may be copied and used without further permission.)
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Commemorated on:
Page 591 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CREEMORE UNION CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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