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Military service
Service number:
192869
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
January 14, 1889
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Margaret Yule, of Scotforth, Lancaster, England; husband of Dorothy Maud Whitewood (formerly Yule nee Kemshead), of 20, Davenport St., Toronto Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Andrew Yule
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Photo of Andrew Yule
Pte A. Yule submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Yule enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders ). He was posted to the 15th Bn when the 92nd was broken up for replacements. Private Yule was subsequently killed during the 26 Sept 1916 assault during the Battle of the Somme. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman on behalf of 15th Bn Memorial Project. Private Yule enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders ). He was posted to the 15th Bn when the 92nd was broken up for replacements. Private Yule was subsequently killed during the 26 Sept 1916 assault during the Battle of the Somme. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders). Private Yule was a member of the 92nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
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 Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
Digital gallery of
Private Andrew Yule
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Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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