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Edgar Gordon Redditt

In memory of:

Bandmaster Edgar Gordon Redditt

September 30, 1920

Military Service

Service Number:

642051

Age:

44

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

157th Battalion

Additional Information

Born:

November 5, 1875

Husband of Eva Susan Redditt, of Barrie, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 553 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARRIE UNION CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

290. Block D.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Marker at the grave of Bandmaster Edgar G. Redditt, 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the Barrie Union Cemetery, 338 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Note that the stone shows E. G. Redditt's rank/appointment as RSM (Regimental Sergeant Major), rather than Bandmaster. He died of sickness. A personal message near the bottom of the stone reads: BELOVED HUSBAND OF EVA S. McNEIL 1881-1964. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Marker at the grave of Bandmaster Edgar G. Redditt, 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the Barrie Union Cemetery, 338 Sunnidale Road, Barrie, Ontario. Note that the stone shows E. G. Redditt's rank/appointment as RSM (Regimental Sergeant Major), rather than Bandmaster. He died of sickness. A personal message near the bottom of the stone reads: BELOVED HUSBAND OF EVA S. McNEIL 1881-1964. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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