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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
June 4, 1877
Cardinal, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 24, 1915
Death:
April 7, 1916
St. Eloi, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. A. 15.
Additional information
Son of Joseph C. and Cornelia Irvine of Vancouver, British Columbia. Lt Irvine served in the South African Campaign.
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Newspaper Clipping
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Roll of Honour
Lt. Andrew Balfour Irvine's name was included on The Royal Trust Company 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was an Accountant. The Royal Trust Company was established in Montreal in 1899 and by 1914 had branches across Canada. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Andrew Balfour Irvine
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Andrew Balfour Irvine
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Andrew Balfour Irvine
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Andrew Balfour Irvine
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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