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Military service
Service number:
208444
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
November 23, 1895
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Herbert H. and Mary E. MacKay, of Channel, Newfoundland.
Brother of Private Walter MacKay, who died during service with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
Digital gallery of Private Edgar Leslie MacKay
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Leslie MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Leslie MacKay
Digital gallery of
Private Edgar Leslie MacKay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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