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Military service
Service number:
A/2735
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
34th Bn.
Birth:
November 5, 1892
Leytonstone, Essex, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 11, 1915
Sarnia, Ontario
Death:
August 6, 1915
Guelph, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Soldiers. Blk. K. 3.
Additional information
Son of Alice and Edward Furby, of Wednesbury, Staffs, England.
Digital gallery of Private Edward Furby
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Circumstance of death
Aug 6 1915 Pte Edward Furby (Central Ontario Regiment) dies of spinal meningitis http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.01-e.php?q2=36&q3=2871&sqn=1013&tt=1166&PHPSESSID=85vs4aeeo8d5u9938c5gajn2l6 -
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Cemetery
Pte. Edward Furby's grave is located within this military graves section in Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
Restored CWGC Headstone at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
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Private Edward Furby
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Furby
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Furby
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Furby
Digital gallery of
Private Edward Furby
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 15 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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GUELPH (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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