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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
June 24, 1893
Middlesex, England
Enlistment:
October 20, 1914
Pond Farm, Wiltshire, England
Death:
November 13, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XLVIII. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Helen Mary Foxen of Strathroy, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Cross, London Gazette 31680 dated 10 December 1919, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Cenotaph
Lieutenant William Foxen is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Lieutenant William Foxen is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Foxen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Foxen
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Foxen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 410 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
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