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Military service
Service number:
110514
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
July 10, 1896
Death:
June 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 6.
Additional information
Son of William G. and Aggie Shrewsbury, of 7, Ecclestone Place, Wembley, Middx.
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Circumstances of death registers
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Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
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Private William George Shrewsbury
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Private William George Shrewsbury
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Private William George Shrewsbury
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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