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Edward Lowry Willis

In memory of:

Private Edward Lowry Willis

March 11, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

201943

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Bn.

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 350 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXII. A. 3.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial Album– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial Album – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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    Memorial Album – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Grave Marker– Private Willis' name is engraved on his parents' stone in Wilfrid (Hart) Cemetery, Brock Twp., west of Cannington, Ontario. Below is the transcription on the stone, his parents were David D. Willis and Minnie Robinson WILLIS David D. Willis died Jan 12, 1928 in his 63rd year Beloved husband of Minnie Robinson and his wife Mary Jane Robinson 1865 - 1956 Private Edward L. Willis 38th Inf. C.E.F. Killed in Action at Etaples 1917 in his 21st year Charles Henry Willis died Dec. 30, 1908 in his 5th year AT REST

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Private Willis' name is engraved on his parents' stone in Wilfrid (Hart) Cemetery, Brock Twp., west of Cannington, Ontario. Below is the transcription on the stone, his parents were David D. Willis and Minnie Robinson WILLIS David D. Willis died Jan 12, 1928 in his 63rd year Beloved husband of Minnie Robinson and his wife Mary Jane Robinson 1865 - 1956 Private Edward L. Willis 38th Inf. C.E.F. Killed in Action at Etaples 1917 in his 21st year Charles Henry Willis died Dec. 30, 1908 in his 5th year AT REST

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