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Son of William and Jeannette Dodds, of Wroxeter, Ontario.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Written on the back of the postcard is:
What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours WFD
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Cecil Betts (friend) & Willie Dodds
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William's grave- William F. Dodds 1890-1917
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Grave Marker in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Casualty Form - Active Service for William F Dodds.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William F Dodds record of Active Service Overseas.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Personal record of William F Dodds.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Postcard front of William's father Robert and his team of horses.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William writes to his Uncle Robert. Dear Uncle I am sending you the picture of fathers team to let you know how we do our harvest out here (Glenboro, Manitoba). How is everything in your parts. W. F. Dodds -dated Dec 11, 1909
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William Frederick Dodds is on the Wroxeter, Ontario War Memorial where his family relocated.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William Frederick Dodds is on the Wroxeter, Ontario War Memorial where his family relocated.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William Frederick Dodds
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Private William Frederick Dodds
William Frederick Dodds Memorial Card dated March 1918.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Death Certificate sent from Ottawa
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Private William Frederick Dodds
The letter accompanying William's Death Certificate dated Dec 3rd, 1919.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Description of William F Dodds, Certificate of Medical Exam, Certificate of Officer Commanding Unit.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Attestation Paper for William F Dodds.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Report on William F Dodds dated from Jun 1st 1917 to Dec 8th 1917.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Commemoration Scroll for Pte William Dodds Canadian Infantry Battalion.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Physical information of William F Dodds.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Postcard from William F Dodds to his father says -What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours, WFD
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Photo of William Dodds – Written on the back of the postcard is: What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours WFD
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Notice in The Gazette (Glenboro, Manitoba newspaper) about the death of William F Dodds.
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Dear Sir, Just a few lines to express my deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your son, Pte. W. F. Dodds in action. He was, I believe, posted as missing at first, but on making inquiries we found he had been killed instantly by a shell on the morning of Nov 6th, just after the objective had been reached when the Canadians made their successful attack. The reason for his being posted as missing was that he was killed near another company, so that none of his own platoon saw him fall. I can tell you, Mr. Dodds, that we all miss him greatly, he was one of my best men. Although he had not been so very long at the front, he was always happy and cheerful, no matter what was happening. We have the one consolation in the fact that he died as he had lived, doing his duty as a soldier and a man. If there are any further details that I can give you I will be only too pleased to do so. Yours, sincerely, G. Douglas Cameron, Lieut. 27th Battn., Canadians
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Tyne Cot Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Private William Frederick Dodds
Tyne Cot Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Written on the back of the postcard is: What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours WFD
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Cecil Betts (friend) & Willie Dodds
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William's grave- William F. Dodds 1890-1917
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Grave Marker in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium Photo courtesy of J. Elliott/J. Rutledge, The Men of Huron WW1 Project
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Casualty Form - Active Service for William F Dodds.
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William F Dodds record of Active Service Overseas.
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Personal record of William F Dodds.
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Postcard front of William's father Robert and his team of horses.
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William writes to his Uncle Robert. Dear Uncle I am sending you the picture of fathers team to let you know how we do our harvest out here (Glenboro, Manitoba). How is everything in your parts. W. F. Dodds -dated Dec 11, 1909
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William Frederick Dodds is on the Wroxeter, Ontario War Memorial where his family relocated.
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William Frederick Dodds is on the Wroxeter, Ontario War Memorial where his family relocated.
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William Frederick Dodds
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William Frederick Dodds Memorial Card dated March 1918.
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Death Certificate sent from Ottawa
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The letter accompanying William's Death Certificate dated Dec 3rd, 1919.
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Description of William F Dodds, Certificate of Medical Exam, Certificate of Officer Commanding Unit.
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Attestation Paper for William F Dodds.
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Report on William F Dodds dated from Jun 1st 1917 to Dec 8th 1917.
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Commemoration Scroll for Pte William Dodds Canadian Infantry Battalion.
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Physical information of William F Dodds.
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Postcard from William F Dodds to his father says -What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours, WFD
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Photo of William Dodds – Written on the back of the postcard is: What do you think of this. It isn't very good but as I am unable to get better ones of present it will have to do. Yours WFD
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Notice in The Gazette (Glenboro, Manitoba newspaper) about the death of William F Dodds.
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Dear Sir, Just a few lines to express my deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your son, Pte. W. F. Dodds in action. He was, I believe, posted as missing at first, but on making inquiries we found he had been killed instantly by a shell on the morning of Nov 6th, just after the objective had been reached when the Canadians made their successful attack. The reason for his being posted as missing was that he was killed near another company, so that none of his own platoon saw him fall. I can tell you, Mr. Dodds, that we all miss him greatly, he was one of my best men. Although he had not been so very long at the front, he was always happy and cheerful, no matter what was happening. We have the one consolation in the fact that he died as he had lived, doing his duty as a soldier and a man. If there are any further details that I can give you I will be only too pleased to do so. Yours, sincerely, G. Douglas Cameron, Lieut. 27th Battn., Canadians
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Tyne Cot Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Tyne Cot Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens ... May 2022
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Page 229 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TYNE COT CEMETERY Belgium
Tyne Cot Cemetery is located 9 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The cemetery itself lies 700 meters along the Tynecotstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. Three of these blockhouses still stand in the cemetery; the largest, which was captured on 4 October 1917 by the 3rd Australian Division, was chosen as the site for the Cross of Sacrifice by King George V during his pilgrimage to the cemeteries of the Western Front in Belgium and France in 1922.
The Tyne Cot Cemetery is now the resting-place of nearly 12,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces, the largest number of burials of any Commonwealth cemetery of either world war.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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