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Military service
Service number:
F/55133
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 11, 1913
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 3, 1940
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII, B, 7.
Additional information
Son of Charles S. and Josephine Edwards, of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Malcolm Stewart Edwards, who died on June 9, 1944, while serving with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.
Digital gallery of Private John William Edwards
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Grave Marker
Grave marker of John William Edwards. Photo was taken in 2004. -
Photo of John William Edwards
Photo taken prior to his deployment to Europe. -
Group Photo
Caption found with photo reads: John, Malcolm and Clarence. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
William Edwards fell in Italy, just months after his youngest brother Malcolm Edwards fell at Normandy. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private John William Edwards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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