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Military service
Service number:
21464
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
March 23, 1896
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of the Rev. William Henry and Helen Annie English, of Paynton, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private George William English
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Roll of Honour
Pte. George William English's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was a bank clerk. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Name on the Roll of Honour
Detail of Pte. George William English's name on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private George William English
Digital gallery of
Private George William English
Digital gallery of
Private George William English
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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