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Stearne Tighe Edwards

In memory of:

Captain Stearne Tighe Edwards

November 2, 1918

Military Service


Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Citation(s):

Distinguished Service Cross and bar

Additional Information


Born:

February 13, 1893
Franktown, Beckwith Township, Ontario

Son of Dennis and Annie Edwards of Carleton Place, Ontario. The Town of Carleton Place remembered Captain Edwards by naming a street in his honour.

Commemorated on Page 586 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TADCASTER CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

B4. G. 25.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Stearne Tighe Edwards– image of grave at tadcaster cemetry
  • Photo of Stearne Edwards– Submitted By: Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Perth Courier for 20 December 1918.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Perth Courier for 21 December 1917.
  • Other– Larry Gray's 'We Are the Dead' relates details about the lives of Carleton Place's 'Great War' (World War I) victims.

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