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Military service
Service number:
643874
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1896
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Percy Edwards
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). 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) -
Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
provide by Ramara Historical Society -
Honour Roll
HONOUR ROLL, St. Paul's Church, Washago, Ontario -
Family Memorial
family memorial- St. George's Lake Union / St. Paul's Anglican, Cemetery, Washago, Simcoe County, Ontario IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALICE B. HOWE BELOVED WIFE OF EDWARD EDWARDS FEB. 27, 1855. APRIL 4, 1908. EDWARD EDWARDS DEC. 24, 1848. MAY 21 1901. PERCY EDWARDS BORN SEPT. 13, 1896 KILLED IN ACTION AT SOMME, SEPT. 15, 1916, 21 BATT. 643874 EDWARDS
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Edwards
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Edwards
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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