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Military service
Service number:
73755
Age:
29
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Birth:
October 22, 1888
Enlistment:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Margaret Brews, of Swan End Croft, Chance Inn, Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Brews
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Photo of WILLIAM BREWS
In memory of the men from the 28th Battalion CEF who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Sgt. William Brews is included in this group portrait of the 28th Battalion. He is standing in the back row - second from the right (the tallest man). Sgt. Brews died while serving with the 28th Battalion during the assault on Passchendaele on Tuesday, November 6th, 1917. This early morning assault was fought under difficult ground conditions. The Canadians successfully took Passchendaele on that day. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Brews
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Brews
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Brews
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 207 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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