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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
61149
Age:
27
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
22nd Bn.
Birth:
August 21, 1889
Scoudouc, Westmorland, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
October 21, 1914
Montréal, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
Courcelette, France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Isidore Léger and Caroline (nee Porelle) , of West Rosaireville, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Édouard Léger
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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) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Lance Corporal Édouard Léger
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Édouard Léger
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Édouard Léger
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 118 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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