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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
419091
Age:
41
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
July 27, 1875
Dumphries, Scotland
Enlistment:
June 6, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 16, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Husband of Mary Westwood of Montreal, Quebec.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major William Westwood
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Memorial
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) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Westwood
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Westwood
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Westwood
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Westwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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