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Military service
Service number:
81952
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1884
Death:
September 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the late John and Mary L. Whitfield.
Brother of Corporal Bertram Whitfield, who died during service with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private William Herbert Whitfield
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Inscription
Inscription - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens (note inscription is Whitefield) -
Vimy Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private William Herbert Whitfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Whitfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Whitfield
Digital gallery of
Private William Herbert Whitfield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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