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Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Death:
May 30, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
32. B. 10.
Additional information
Son of William and Lulu Janes Andrewes, of Beamsville, ON, Husband of Phyllis Mary Andrewes, of Beamsville. Graduate of McGill University.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
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Grave Marker
William Edward Andrewes final resting place, Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England -
Newspaper clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator June 11, 1942 -
Photo of William Andrewes
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers' -
Inscription
Inscription to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM EDWARDS ANDREWES on the Beamsville Ontario War memorial -
Dedication Panel
Dedication panel on the Beamsville Ontario War memorial. Sadly, it became necessary to add a panel “IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE 1939 SECOND WORLD WAR 1945” -
War Memorial
Beamsville Ontario War Memorial -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1574 Lt Col William Edward Andrewes (RMC 1923) was the son of William and Lulu James Andrewes of Beamsville, On. He was the husband of Phyllis Mary Andrewes, of Beamsville. He was a graduate of McGill University. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on May 30, 1942 at 39 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey United Kingdom. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1574 Lt Col William Edward Andrewes (RMC 1923) was the son of William and Lulu James Andrewes of Beamsville, On. He was the husband of Phyllis Mary Andrewes, of Beamsville. He was a graduate of McGill University. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on May 30, 1942 at 39 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey United Kingdom. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1574 Lt Col William Edward Andrewes (RMC 1923) was the son of William and Lulu James Andrewes of Beamsville, On. He was the husband of Phyllis Mary Andrewes, of Beamsville. He was a graduate of McGill University. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on May 30, 1942 at 39 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey United Kingdom. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1574 Lt Col William Edward Andrewes (RMC 1923) was the son of William and Lulu James Andrewes of Beamsville, On. He was the husband of Phyllis Mary Andrewes, of Beamsville. He was a graduate of McGill University. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on May 30, 1942 at 39 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey United Kingdom. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel William Edwards Andrewes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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