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Military service
Service number:
145594
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
February 3, 1898
Navan, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 29, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Sarah Armstrong, of Navan, Ontario. Enlisted in 77th Ottawa Bn. Brother of Byron Armstrong who was killed in action on April 20, 1917.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Wellington Astelford Armstrong
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens). -
Inscription
Inscription to the memory of Byron Earl Armstrong and Wellington A Armstrong on the family grave marker in St Mary's Anglican Cemetery, Navan, Ontario. Byron Armstrong was born on March 21, 1897. He enlisted with the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa on March 15, 1916 and was killed on April 20, 1917. Wellington Armstrong was born on February 3, 1898. He enlisted with the Governor General's Foot Guards in Ottawa on November 29, 1915 and was killed on August 15, 1917. -
Attestation Paper
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Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Attestation Papers
Source: Library and Archives Canada ¿ Soldiers of the First World War Wellington Armstrong's brother, Byron Armstrong was born on March 21, 1897. He enlisted with the Governor General¿s Foot Guards in Ottawa on March 15, 1916 and was killed on April 20, 1917 -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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War Memorial
Wellington Armstrong and his brother Byron Armstrong are commemorated on the War Memorial in Navan, Ontario, dedicated to THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND OF THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. LEST WE FORGET. -
Inscription
Wellington Armstrong and his brother Byron Armstrong are commemorated on the War Memorial in Navan, Ontario, dedicated to the Glory of God and in the Memory of the Men and Women Who Served Our Country and of Those Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice. Lest We Forget. -
Photo of WELLINGTON ASTELFORD ARMSTRONG
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Wellington Astelford Armstrong
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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